Updated: 2010-05-11

"Marquis Lin Yu, the imperial camp has been set off. If you don't urge me, you may delay the march." The Martial Army's head Ma Xinpo looked ahead impatiently.

The forest frowned slightly, and before he could answer, Murong Gang continued, "I don't know if there is any reward for the capture of Youzhou City, why are you anxious?" "That's right," Wu Tie also said, "Pu" and spit out a grass stem in his mouth. "Youzhou City, the Khitans are so easy to fight, they can hurry up, will they die early and be reborn?" After hearing the complaints of the three capable subordinates, Xiaowu Du Yuhou frowned even tighter, but it was hard to say anything. There was a sense of resentment among the imperial guards. Although the emperor forced the army to go to war and led the army by himself, he almost personally led the imperial camp as the vanguard of the entire army, from generals such as Pan Mei and Cao Han to ordinary soldiers, he could not stand up. Since the imperial guards were willing to be a vanguard, let them be a vanguard.

Chen De, the governor of Anxi, and Yang Ye, the general of the new right-leading guard, rushed to a small hill, staring silently at the ruined Taiyuan City. The mountain was originally not conspicuous in front of the majestic and majestic Jinyang City, but now it seems abrupt. The air was filled with a burning smell of burning people.

On the day when the imperial guards set fire to the city, they piled up firewood and grass in various parts of the city in advance, and dispatched cavalry to drive away the people. When noon arrived, tens of thousands of cavalry ignited the fire at the same time. Tens of thousands of fires were set off in the city at the same time, and the fire spread very quickly. The original people in the city were attached to their hometowns and refused to relocate and hid in their respective houses. At this time, they could not avoid it and died of the fire. They screamed several miles away. Whether it was forcibly driven to set up shacks across the Fen River and preparing to build a new city, or the more than 30,000 Northern Han soldiers who were ordered to station in camps outside the city for inspection and were reorganized, they all burst into tears. Yang Ye, who was leaning against the Great Wall, had no food or speech for several days, and his whole body was even more silent than before.

"General Yang is invincible, and sooner or later, he will be able to rise again." After being silent for too long, Chen De felt a little embarrassed and comforted him with a misunderstanding. Zhao Jiong gave Liu Jiye a name to restore his former name Yang Ye, which was considered to have clarified his relationship with the Liu family of the Northern Han Dynasty and appointed him as the general of the right-leading guard, but his military power was almost gone. In the past, the military governor of Jianxiong Army, who had nearly 10,000 heroes under his command, now only commanded a 2,000 Xiang army, and was able to transport food and grass for the army that attacked Youyan in the northern expedition. The same was true for the Hedong Army, which was more than 30,000 fierce and brave, was demoted to Xiang Army and distributed to various units.

Yang Ye turned around and looked at Chen De. Although he was nearly fifty years old, his beard was dyed with star frost, but his body was quite strong and burly. At this moment, his eyes were even sharper as if he was sharp. After a while, he said in a deep voice: "Chen Jiedu is so honorable," he looked up at the countless vultures circling in the sky in Taiyuan City, sighed, and said: "Since ancient times, loyal ministers have not served as the second master. I cannot protect the Liu family. I have become a traitor and surrendered general. My lifelong achievements are like a passing cloud. I will never mention it again. However, Chen Jiedu is young and strong, and his future is unlimited. The veteran relies on his seniority to make a living. There are a few words to tell him, but it is also unnecessary." Chen De hurriedly bowed and said: "It is good to be loved by General Yang, so I am a nephew. If there is any admonition, I will be grateful."

Yang Ye looked at Chen De with a squinted look and looked very respectful. He said, "I know you and Han Derang, who are still in charge of Nanjing, are now suspicious of the court. But those Hu Chiefs are all human-faced and beast-hearted people, and they always want to eat fish and meat. Chen Jiedu should not forget the great deeds because of personal affairs. The difference between the Han Dynasty is very important. If you make a mistake, you will be ruined and have a bad reputation for your deeds for thousands of years. If you don't believe it, let's see Shi Jingtang's fate." His words were so powerful that he had a powerful force. Chen De's heart was stern and bowed and said in a deep voice: "De has been taught, thank you for your warning." His official position in the Song Dynasty court is far higher than that of Yang Ye, and even tens of thousands of subordinates who are like wolves and tigers are shining in the northwest, but they are very respectful to Yang Ye. What is respectful is this righteous spirit that shines for thousands of years.

Seeing that he was obedient, Yang Ye nodded, pointed at the three thousand Xiaowu cavalrymen not far away in the forest, and said in a deep voice: "Your guards are impatient."

Chen De turned around and saw Lin Zhong and others looking here. Although he had no impatientness in his eyes, he was bored. Since Chen De led the Anxi Army to confront Cao Han in Taiyuan, Zhao Jing strengthened his supervision. Although he was still in the imperial camp, Xiaowu Du Yuhou was stationed in the area around Chen De's military camp with three thousand cavalry in the forest, and he also went in and out during the march. The intention of surveillance and prevention was obvious. However, for Lin Zhong and others, it was also a chore. Chen De had a high rank, and the court still maintained his treatment and decent treatment at least before Youzhou was completely victorious. The Xiaowu Army was named Suihu, but in fact, it was surveillance, but he could not interfere too much in Chen De's actions. Otherwise, he would fight a lawsuit against the imperial court and make His Majesty angry. The Ministry of War would only blame the Xiaowu Army for not being able to do things.

Seeing Chen De and Yang Ye say goodbye, surrounded by the Three Hundred Orogenic Army, the Xiaowu Army, who had been waiting for a long time, turned over and over the horse lazily, cursing the stuffy ghost weather in June, the column followed behind Chen De's troops. Zhao Jing was angry with Chen De when he was fighting against Cao Han without authorization, or perhaps he was focusing on urging the elite vanguards in the front of the palace to rush to Youzhou, so he no longer ordered Chen De to go to the imperial camp to follow the left.

On the right, Chen De was also happy and guided the mountains and rivers of the Ya Military Camp along the way, driving slowly along the way, walking with the tail of the imperial camp. After walking for more than ten days, he arrived at Yishui. He saw more than 40,000 to 50,000 imperial guards sprinkled on the river beach like beans wrapped in scattered packages. One camp in the east and one camp in the west, covering the river beach like hundreds of mushrooms. The scene was spectacular. The wing army urged the civilians to rush to make a bridge across the river.

Chen De saw Pan Mei's banner on the imperial guards on the river beach, Cao Han's banner, and even Zhao Dezhao's banner, but he did not see Zhao Jiong's dragon flag. Chen De asked Zhang Zhongyao to inquire. "The military soldiers said that the officials arrived in Yishui and heard that the Japanese cavalry team had seized Qigou Pass under the command of Liu Renyun and Kong Shouzheng. He was overjoyed. Without waiting for the bridge to be built, he urged the front troupe in front of the palace to wader and pass by, and now he has gone to Zhuozhou."

"What? Zhao Jing actually surpassed the main force of the imperial guards and led the elite troops as the vanguard?" Chen De was quite surprised and looked at the camp lazily on the Yishui River beach, putting horses, making rice, and even untied the imperial guards in various armored and basking in the sun. Zhao Jing actually thought that the main force of the imperial guards was moving slowly, and impatiently led the elite troops of the imperial guards with only more than 30,000 people to advance first. Now it is probably almost time to Zhuozhou. Although Pan Mei, Cao Han and other generals were trustworthy, they were old generals left by Zhao Kuangyin. In Zhao Jing's imperial guards, there were his confidant generals such as Liu Renyun, Kong Shouzheng, Fu Qian, and Wang Chao, and Cui Han, who were steadily responsible for the overall situation. The 30,000 soldiers under his command were gathered by the elites of the entire Central Plains army. It is no wonder that Zhao Jing had such confidence.

"So, the armor is rolled up and the direction is not around day and night, and the road is running with one hundred miles, and the competition is for profit, then the generals of the three armies will be captured. The strong ones are first, and the tired ones are later. The method will come eleven." Chen De looked at Xiao Xiao Yishui, and his eyes were filled with listless imperial soldiers and murmured to himself.

"What? He actually passed through the city and went straight to Zhuozhou?" In the Qigou Pass of the Guanjia, Kong Shouzheng, commander of the Japanese cavalry east-west squad, had just handed over defense with Liu Yu, the commander of the Qigou Pass army who surrendered to the Song Dynasty. He was originally going to wait for the official to station in Guanjia and wait for the arrival of the main force of the subsequent imperial guards. Who would have thought that the handover here had not been completed, Zhao Jiong, who arrived at the back, did not stop and actually took Fu Qian as the vanguard, passed through the city and rushed to Zhuozhou.

"General Kong, there are many mountains and rivers in Yizhou, and they carry and transport them, and they use mules and horses. The Khitan cavalry cannot gallop at will. After the imperial court obtained Yizhou, he went straight to Zhuozhou and Youzhou to the north, and blocked Xuhe, Baozhai, Tangxing and the passes at the entrance of the Great Wall to the south. Although Yizhou had fallen into Hu Chen for a long time, the people in the city were all concerned about their hometown. When they learned that the king's army had recovered their hometown, the elders of Youyan rushed to tell them. Yizhou Jianer is familiar with the mountains and rivers and geography, and is willing to drive the king's army." Liu Yu, the commander of the Yizhou army of Liao Kingdom, who surrendered, looked at Kong who was hurried back.

Shouzheng and talked to him in a hurry. The Han people in Youyan were the most angry under the command of the Liao Kingdom. Even Liu Yu, who was an envoy, was bullied by the Khitans. However, for a hundred years, the court in the south was too unscrupulous. During the Jin Dynasty, even Bianliang was occupied by the Khitans. However, it seemed that the generals in the south were not easy to talk to. After the city was revealed, Kong Shouzheng directly took over the defense of Qigou Pass, and only verified the original troops and horses of Yizhou roughly, and did not mention how to resettle them. Seeing his busyness around, it was not easy for Liu Yu to say a word to him.

Kong Shouzheng frowned, not listening. It was not until Liu Yu came to the front that he said in a deep voice: "Liu Army envoy, soldiers are very fast. I will lead troops to Youzhou, here I want to lead troops to Zhuozhou, Youzhou, and hope that Liu Army envoys restrain the surrendered soldiers in Yizhou, so that they will not cause trouble. Liu Jun envoys to offer great achievements to the city, and I will show my lightness to the court." After saying that, he did not wait for Liu Yu to answer. He turned around and turned his saddle and got on the horse, and shouted "Gao—" and the war horse flipped its four hooves and headed north.

The elite cavalry of the East and West Riding Team, covered in iron armor, followed closely behind and rushed out of the Guancheng like a splattering wind. Only a clanging sound of golden iron feet left in Qigou Pass was left, making people feel chill. Liu Yu looked at the back of the guards of the East and West Riding Team and looked up. The flag of the Song Dynasty had been replaced on the Guancheng. He commanded the more than 2,000 Yizhou Han soldiers. After the test, he was about to open the Guancheng. The huge Qigou Pass seemed empty for a moment.

In order to avoid suspicion, Liu Yu led Yizhou troops to set up camp in the south of Qigou Pass. After a day and night, he saw the imperial guards brigade. After that, there were continuous military horses passing by Qigou Pass north. Looking at the banner, most of them were the main forces of the imperial guards such as Iron Cavalry, Crane Control, Long Jie, and Hu Jie. They had distinct armor and strong military strength. In addition, there were no less than tens of thousands of people in front and behind. "Mr. Military envoy, the Southern Dynasty's troops are so sharp. It seems that our surrender is the right move." Qian Qing, the secretary of the army, told Liu Yu. Liu Yu looked worried and nothing else. After passing so many imperial guards, no general came to explain to him how to resettle these two thousand Yizhou soldiers, all of them went to Zhuozhou and Youzhou in a vast way.

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