In early October of the third year of Daguan, when the first cold current in winter swept south, the originally calm situation on the battlefield of Hebei East Road became tense again.

The Hebei Xuanfusi, who originally thought that the Yelu Yanxi Association returned to the battlefields of Liaodong and Xijin Prefecture, suddenly found that the prelude to a major battle had begun.

The prelude to a battle, at least the prelude to a battle initiated by the Liao army, was led by countless teams of remote squadrons. From the first day of October, tens of thousands, or even more cavalry from the palace or tribal army, scattered into a large net on the vast land on both sides of the Huanshui River, and with an overwhelming advantage, it swept away the small number of hard-race stalkers sent by Gao Qiu.

For the Hebei Xuanfu Department, the battlefield west of the Yellow River suddenly seemed to have fallen an iron curtain, covering everything up.

Although it was impossible to detect the Liao army's every move, the general army computer room of the Hebei Xuanfu Department still made an accurate judgment at the first time.

The Liao army is about to launch another large-scale offensive operation! And the target of this attack is likely to be Kaifeng Prefecture.

The reason for making such a judgment is very simple. If the Liao army wanted to retreat north to Xijin Prefecture, there would be no need to spread so many horses far away, just leave.

Although there are a large number of elite Song troops and regiment training on the western battlefield in Hebei, the cavalry that can really fight, namely the Lingzhou cavalry in Gao Qiu and the Prefecture cavalry brought to Zhending Prefecture by the cavalry. The total cavalry warriors were only 5,000, of which only 3,000 were elite, and they were scattered in Daming Prefecture and Zhending Prefecture. With this number of cavalry, it was impossible to restrict the Liao army's actions.

Therefore, if the Liao army wants to leave, there is no need to cover up anything. Just leave generously. Who has the ability to leave the Liao army? Maybe Wu Haogu on the Eastern Front has such power, but there is no such possibility on the Western Front.

Since the Liao people have been so busy now, they are naturally not trying to withdraw their troops, but to make a last try after the temperature gradually turns colder!

If the Liao people won a great victory in this battle, then Yelu Yanxi's army would cross the Yellow River on the ice and march towards Kaifeng Prefecture, the capital of the Song Dynasty.

"Taiwei, what do you think? Is it possible for the Liao people to force them to Kaifeng Prefecture?"

In Daming Prefecture, above the Baihu Festival Hall of Gao Qiu’s Xuanfu Department, Ji Yi, who was worried about the changes in the war, asked a question in a low voice.

"Where can you go if you don't go to Kaifeng Mansion?" Gao Qiu's face was gloomy, "This time I was really cheated by Wu Haogu! Wu Haogu is a traitor who is a country-successful traitor!"

"How could it be?" Ji Yi was stunned. "Kaifeng Prefecture City is solid and it cannot be broken by the Liao soldiers, right? And it is winter now, the Yellow River is shallow and it is about to be frozen, and it is impossible to dig a dike to release water. If the Liao soldiers stayed outside the Kaifeng Prefecture City until next spring, I am afraid that Yan land would no longer be owned by it, and it is impossible to return to the grassland at that time."

The Yellow River will freeze in January next year, and it will be nearly four months away. Moreover, in January, the Yellow River water is shallow, and even if the embankment is dug, it will not collapse Kaifeng Prefecture City. In this era, Kaifeng Prefecture City is not on the bank of the Yellow River, but more than 100 miles away. The Yellow River channel is in Xinxiang City, Henan Province in later generations. If it were not for the flood season, Kaifeng Prefecture could not flood Kaifeng Prefecture. Most of the time it would be transported into the Bian River outside Kaifeng Prefecture City and the Guangji River channel would flow.

Therefore, even if Yelu Yanxi crossed the Yellow River, if he could not stay outside Kaifeng Prefecture for a few more months, it would be difficult to use the Yellow River water to break through the capital.

And Wu Haogu would never give him that long time!

As far as Ji Yi knows, Wu Haogu was not idle during this period. On the one hand, his "Tianjin Army" was doing migrant workers' work, building large-scale construction, and building fortresses; on the other hand, he was also constantly attacking the east side of Xijin Prefecture, forcing the small local tyrants in Yan County, Lu County, Qianyin County, Sanhe County and Xianghe County to surrender.

Because the previous battle of Qianghehewan had defeated the main force of the Liao army's Yutian camp, Wu Haogu's "Tianjin Army" cavalry is now in the eastern part of Xijin Prefecture as if they were in an uninhabited state. All the local tyrants who refused to surrender were wiped out by the "Tianjin Army"!

After obtaining a large number of local tyrants, the Yanshan Prefecture Regiment Training Army and the Tianjin Prefecture Regiment Training Army were also expanding rapidly. Although the regular army of the Tianjin New Army was still composed of six generals, the number of people trained by the two prefectures quickly exceeded 50,000!

After the troops were greatly expanded, Wu Haogu already had the possibility of breaking the Yutian camp. Once the Yutian camp was defeated, the Yutian Han family would either surrender or be slaughtered by Wu Haogu. No matter what the possibility was, it would shock the rest of the powerful people in Yan.

In this way, it would be natural for Yan to surrender and Xijin City was destroyed. Once Xijin Prefecture City was destroyed, Yelu Yanxi completely lost the war. If he stayed or did not return, he might not be able to go back.

"The official family does not have such courage!" Gao Qiu lowered his voice, "You must not let the Liao soldiers break through to the vicinity of Kaifeng Prefecture... Otherwise, once the official family abandons the city, the world will be in chaos, and you and I will be unforgivable!"

Will the sin be unforgivable?

Ji Yi thought to himself: The official has already allocated most of the tens of millions of soldiers to the warehouse of the Hebei Transportation Commission!

Moreover, the Daming treasury was filled with weapons and grain, and the Daming regiment's army training was expanded to 50,000. Gao Qiu had five generals' new army in Hebei, plus the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses of the Xiangzhou regiment's army training. His own family, Gao Qiu and Han Xiaozhou had more than 100,000 troops... What kind of crimes cannot be forgiven?

Of course, this dangerous idea cannot be told to the loyal Taiwei Gao.

"Taiwei," Ji Yi asked, "What should we do? The Daming Mansion Army training army can only stand at most. Field battles are no match. You only have five generals in your hands, and three are in Liyang, Linhe, and it's yellow... There are only two generals on hand, a total of 8,000 combat soldiers!"

Gao Qiu brought back two generals from Lingzhou, one of which was an infantry general with 5,000 combat soldiers, and the other was a cavalry general with only 2,000 knights. Of course, the auxiliary soldiers were counted separately.

After arriving at Daming Mansion, Ji Yi gave Gao Qiu another 1,000 cavalry soldiers (which was hired by Ji Yi for money), which brought Gao Qiu's cavalry generals to 3,000 soldiers. Add one infantry general, that is, 8,000 combat soldiers.

"8000 is about 8000!" Gao Qiu gritted his teeth, "Remember, you will give me another 7000 regiment training and form a general. I will take them across the river to Xiangzhou, first train with Xiangzhou regiment training, and then send troops south to Liyang together."

"The maximum number of 8,000 regular soldiers plus auxiliary soldiers is 13,000, plus 7,000 regiment training, that is, 20,000 people. The Xiangzhou army has just been injured, so it will not be easy to pull out 20,000 people to fight again." Ji Yi calculated and shook her head and said, "Can 40,000 people deal with Yelu Yanxi's army? Don't let Yelu Yanxi give it to you before you reach Liyang..."

Gao Qiu smiled: "The mountain man has his own tricks!"

"A clever plan? Can you tell me?" Ji Yi asked.

"Yes!" Gao Qiu pressed his voice to the lowest point, "The official gave the edict, and he could promise up to 1 million yuan in annual monies!"

"Million-year-old monies?" Ji Yi was stunned, "But Wu Chongdao is about to capture Xijin Mansion! You will be a complete victory by then!"

"Who asked him to block Yelu Yanxi's army north of Dingzhou?" Gao Qiu said, "They are almost crossing the Yellow River. Even if they capture Xijin Prefecture City, they will not be able to make a contribution! This time he was a fall... It is the official who can live in Haizhou to remember the old love!"

"Why is this?" Ji Yi was shocked when she heard this.

Wu Haogu is a bastard, Ji Yi is not a good person either. The plan to fight against Liao was not made by the two of them? If Wu Haogu is a mess, can those censors let him go?

"Why not?" Gao Qiu snorted, "What did he do in Tianjin Prefecture? Is there a little like a martial official of the Song Dynasty?"

It seems that it is not a big deal! Ji Yi certainly knows what Wu Haogu did in Tianjin Prefecture.

This martial arts is not a traditional military officer. He is a general who combines chaebols, academics and warlords! Of course, it is easy to develop power.

The chaebols are rich, the academics have disciples, and the military industry in Tianjin naturally expands greatly.

"The official is going to take him?" Ji Yi asked nervously.

Wu Haogu did not look like a martial official in the Song Dynasty at all. Ji Yi and Zhang Yuan also crossed the red line of civil servants in the Song Dynasty!

"It's a matter of time!" Gao Qiu hummed, "When the Liao soldiers retreated, they will naturally punish the culprit. Could it be that he was provoking this border provocation?"

Is it Wu Haogu? Ji Yixin said: In the final analysis, it wasn’t it that he had troubled the country and caused trouble for more than 10 million real money?

Gao Qiu paused and said, "Remember, your fortune is rich in the treasury?"

“Much, rich.”

"Prepare three to five million for me..." Gao Qiu said, "If the Liao people are willing to retreat, I will give it to them."

"Okay, OK...but I have to ask for an order!"

"Just put in secret words," Gao Qiu said, "I will let you show you the emperor's handwriting, and you should recognize the emperor's handwriting."

Ji Yi nodded repeatedly, "Okay, after reading the edict, I secretly wrote it in my mind. After receiving the edict of the emperor, I would give all the tens of millions in the treasury to the Liao people."

Gao Qiu nodded and said, "It turns out that Brother Yizhi is very wise... Don't worry, the official will not let us take the blame in the future. This time, only Wu Haogu will be unlucky."

one person?

Ji Yi didn't believe it. Brother Zhao Zhong, Murong Mu, Ma Zheng, Ximen Anguo, Hu Yanqing, Wang Mou... There are also students from Yuntai Academy, students from the Knights Academy, knights on the lands of Jiehe and Wuqing counties in Tianjin, and a large group of wealthy merchants who had been trapped with Wu Haogu. Who can get out of the relationship?

No, I have to inform Wu Haogu and let him work harder. I must take over the city of Xijin before Gao Qiu sells his country and seeks honor!
Chapter completed!