In the darkness of the night, a long fire dragon was still soaring across the land of Qilu!
The terrain of Qilu is mountainous in the central and eastern parts, with overlapping mountains and rugged roads, which is not suitable for the rapid advancement of cavalry groups. But the western part of the Qilu land is connected to the great plains of Zhongzhou. Large tracts of plains, with few ups and downs, are as flat as a tabletop. This is the most ideal battlefield for the cavalry group!
In this battlefield filled with cavalry, there used to be a Yellow River flowing between Hebei and Shandong, which could somewhat block the pace of the cavalry group, but now the Yellow River has changed its course.
Nothing can stop the Red Scarf Cavalry of the Song Dynasty who are eager to kill thieves!
The 8,000 cavalry led by Yue Fei (including auxiliary soldiers, personal soldiers, and camel soldiers, a total of 13,000 to 13,000 people, and nearly 30,000 horses, mules, and camels) set out from Daming Mansion on the first day of February. After conquering Puzhou under the rule of the Puppet Song Dynasty, they did not attack the city. They directly circled the city and passed through the state, and entered Jeju on the same day.
I rested for one night in Shankou Town on the edge of Liangshan Mountain and replenished some food and livestock (although I didn't give any money, Yue Fei's army was disciplined and would not rob, he just confiscated the property of some traitors), and then continued to advance!
On the second day of February, they entered Teng County, Xuzhou, then went all the way south, and soon entered Yizhou, and two days later, on the evening of the fourth day of February, they occupied Lanling Town in Cheng County, Yizhou.
Yue Fei's army once again carried out a wave of "replenishment" in Lanling Town. After resting for a few hours, under the unanimous plea of the entire army, they set off overnight and headed straight for Pizhou City!
Yes, they marched in the night shift at the strong request of a group of red-eyed "unpaid soldiers"... The rich traitors and national thieves were not far away in Pizhou! These loyal ministers of the Song Dynasty are all furious, why should they sleep?
Go and catch it quickly!
In the past, the army of the Song Dynasty demanded money for every move and rewards for shooting a wave of arrows on the battlefield. How could they go hundreds of miles into enemy territory and ask for night shifts? You don't need military pay... This is simply not afraid of death, not afraid of hardship, and thirdly, you don't need money!
Such an army is of course invincible in the world!
Don't say that Pizhou's enemies are just spineless traitors, so what if they are real gold thieves? Just hang him up and beat him!
Yue Fei's 8,000 iron cavalry are now advancing with the greatest enthusiasm and at the speed of a forced march. Everyone was sweating profusely from walking!
That's right, walk on your feet, not on a horse. Because this area is close to the heart of the enemy, in order to save horsepower to cope with fierce battles in the wild that may occur at any time. Before leaving Lanling Town, Yue Fei gave the order: Except for the hard detective rangers who were on a mission, everyone else would advance on foot.
And Yue Fei himself is also one of the "others". As a prince and the commander of the army, he now wears leggings like other soldiers (this is Zhao Kai's "invention"), leading a majestic horse. Qinghai Cong, speeding along the official road step by step. They were surrounded by soldiers marching with torches. Under the torches, these high-spirited soldiers saw their general marching in on foot like them. They became more energetic and accelerated their pace.
The army just rushed towards Pizhou like flying!
Of course, this fire dragon that was rapidly heading south at night had not been hidden from anyone... nor had it been hidden from the scouts sent by Wanyan Yan.
In the early morning of the fifth day of February, Wanyanyan, who was sleeping with Kong Yanzhou in the Chenqiao Fort, suddenly felt someone shaking her, and an unknown person's roar came to her ears: "The Queen, wake up, the Queen, wake up ..."
Wanyan Yan opened her eyes suddenly and turned to look at the person next to her pillow. The bedroom was a little dim, and it took her a while to recognize it was Kong Yanzhou.
Wanyanyan rubbed her eyes and asked, "Brother Kong, what happened?"
Wanyanyan became siblings with Li Cheng, Kong Yanzhou, and Liu Lin. She was the youngest, so she was the youngest sister. Li Cheng was the eldest brother, Kong Yanzhou was the second brother, and Liu Lin was the third brother.
Now Li Cheng has led troops to Chenjia Island in order to firmly control the ships there. Liu Lin protected Zhao Shanzhen to Qushan County, Haizhou, and organized military relatives, craftsmen and others there to follow him across the sea to Yuzhou Island. Only Kong Yanzhou stayed with Wanyanyan, guarding the Chenqiao Pavilion together.
Seeing that Yan Yan had woken up, Kong Yanzhou quickly reported: "Queen, the cavalry of the red scarf thieves has passed Aishan!"
"Red Scarf Thief" is the name used by Zhao Gou's Pseudo-Song Dynasty to Zhao Kai's Northern Song Dynasty - Zhao Gou's Lin'an court must say that it is orthodox!
Zhao Gou is orthodox, then Zhao Kai and Zhao Huan are definitely not orthodox. Moreover, Zhao Kai's Northern Song Dynasty and Zhao Huan's Southern Song Dynasty both said that Zhao Gou recognized a thief as his father and was a rebel. Although the Northern and Southern Song Dynasties both claimed to be orthodox, they did not call each other a thief. Zhao Kai calls Zhao Huan "King Wu", while Zhao Huan used to call Zhao Kai "the emperor's younger brother", but now calls Zhao Kai "General Tiance". It can be seen that the two of them have not yet broken up, leaving the possibility of compromise. For Zhao Gou, the two families left no room for him and unanimously called him a "traitor". This is so irritating!
Therefore, Zhao Gou could only fight tit for tat, calling Zhao Kai a "red scarf thief" and Zhao Huan a "pirate".
"Aishan" is in Lin'an Prefecture, not too far from Lin'an Fucheng and Chenqiao Pavilion.
"What?" Wanyan Yan was shocked by the news, "How is it possible... it came too fast? Didn't they just reach Jinan Prefecture and Jezhou? How come they arrived in Lin'an in the blink of an eye?"
Now the main force of the Song Army is divided into two routes, the northern route attacks Dezhou and Jinan, and the western route attacks Puzhou and Jezhou. The main force of the Puppet Song Army in these four prefectures had long since fled, leaving only some traitors who had been abandoned by Wanyan Yan, but feared that they would be severely liquidated by Zhao Kai's court. They were still struggling to support themselves and entered the city to hold on. After the two armies of the Northern Song Dynasty entered, they also sent envoys to Chenqiaoguan to ask for help, so Wanyanyan knew that the Northern Song armies were coming from two groups.
Because the two armies of the Northern Song Dynasty were still far away, Wanyan Yan did not leave Chenqiao Pavilion, but continued to stay here to stabilize the people of Lin'an.
I didn’t expect Song Jun to come so quickly!
Wanyan Yan was also a little panicked, "What should we do? Brother Kong, what should we do?"
"Run!" Kong Yanzhou's answer was very straightforward. "The main force of the red scarf thieves cannot come so fast. They must come with fine cavalry and a long journey. Most of my subordinates are infantry, and there are no weapons that can be used in field battles." It is difficult for a camel barrel to defeat the red scarf thief's cavalry, but the empress's squad 20..."
The two "technologies" of camel cannon and bastion were of course spread to the Pseudo-Song Dynasty. However, Wanyan Yan was no longer interested in fighting, so he did not cast a large number of camel cannons, nor did he build bastions on site.
"No need to say it, I understand!" Wanyanyan immediately made a decision, "Leave immediately... to Yuzhou Island for temporary refuge."
"What about the official family..." Kong Yanzhou asked.
Wanyan Yan sighed: "The king dies in Sheji... He deserves to die!"
"Then I'm going to gather the men and horses right away and prepare the carriage." As he spoke, Kong Yanzhou got up from the bed and started to put on his clothes and trousers.
Wanyan Yan sat cross-legged on the bed, her eyebrows furrowed, "One day, a hundred days of kindness... I can't watch him being captured by the red scarf thief without any defense!"
She was still a little reluctant to let go of Zhao Gou... She and Zhao Gou were in free love. When Zhao Gou had nothing, the two got close. How could there be no feelings?
Kong Yanzhou said: "That minister will immediately take people into Lin'an Mansion and bring out the officials!"
"No need..." Wanyan Yan was a little sad, "Burn the Chen Bridge! This will make it harder for the red scarf thieves to break into Lin'an City."
What a deep love between husband and wife!
"Okay, I'll make the arrangements now!" After saying this, Kong Yanzhou was about to leave the house, but was stopped by Wan Yanyan again.
"Wait a minute..." Wanyan Yan said, "I will write another letter to the officials, and you can have it delivered to the Lin'an Xiang army guarding the west case of the floating bridge."
The purpose of Wan Yanyan's letter was of course to encourage Zhao Gou to persevere in Lin'an Mansion to the end!
Only by persevering to the end can you die a heroic death!
Kong Yanzhou received Yi's decree, took Wanyan Yan's letter, and went out of the house to arrange the letter delivery and bridge burning.
Preparations for burning Chenqiao have been made long ago!
In order to ensure that the floating bridge was fully burned, Wanyanyan also prepared powerful fire oil secretly stored in the palace to ensure that it burned quickly and well.
When Chen Qiao became angry, Zhao Gou was still sleeping soundly in his palace... sleeping with a palace maid in his arms.
If Wanyan Yan were in the palace, he would not dare to be "lascivious". But Wanyanyan is not here now, so he will still find the palace maid to sleep with him... a very pure one!
"The official family, the official family, it's not good..."
The person yelling at Zhao Gou was a eunuch named Kang Lu. He was the eunuch of the royal palace when Zhao Gou was King Kang. Later, he went to Jin camp with Zhao Gou as an envoy, and was detained together. Together they suffered in Huining... ...Now that Zhao Gou has become an official, of course he has also become more prosperous and prosperous.
"Master Kang, what happened?" Zhao Gou opened his eyes and saw Kang Lu's obviously frightened face. In fact, he already knew that something was wrong.
"Chen Bridge caught fire..." Kang Lu said, and tremblingly took out Wanyan Yan's autographed letter, "This is the letter that the empress sent before Chen Bridge caught fire."
"Did she let people set the fire?" Zhao Gou actually understood, "Yes, is the red scarf thief here?"
Kang Lu had already read the letter and nodded immediately, with tears in his eyes, "Guan family, I secretly prepared a small boat for you..."
Zhao Gou just shook his head and said nothing. He took the envelope, took out the letter paper inside and opened it to read. After reading for a while, he sighed and said with a wry smile: "This Wanyanyan asked me to stay in Lin'an well and run the imperial examination well. Anything outside...she will find a way to deal with it."
"Still, still holding the imperial examination?" Kang Lu was a little unsure.
Zhao Gou smiled bitterly, his face turned pale: "Of course we will do it! Otherwise, what else can we do? The red scarf thief has already arrived, and Wanyan Yan has also left, what else can I do?"
