North China is still very cold in March, and dryness is the biggest feature of winter in North China. Although spring has begun, the recovery of all things has not yet been seen. Because it is located at the junction of Liao and Song Dynasties and has been baptized by war all year round, the outside of Feihu City is desolate.

The Central Army of the Northern Expedition of the Song Dynasty was about to begin their first goal on the Northern Expedition, which was to capture Feihu City.

When the Central Route Army arrived at Feihu, Cao Bin's troops on the East Route had already captured Gu'ancheng, and Pan Mei and Yang Ye's troops on the West Route were about to reach Huanzhou.

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"The battle with the Khitan is about to begin. What do you think will happen to us this time?" Li Jiguang breathed a sigh of relief at his cold hands, and then rubbed them.

"I guess nothing will happen to us. Tian Chongjin has made it clear that he doesn't trust us." Chen Ran took a sip of water and then shivered because of the cold water.

Zhao Xin, who was sitting aside, pulled out the charcoal basin and then glanced at Zhao Weiji. At this time, Zhao Weiji was carefully observing the entire war pattern on the map.

The marching route of the three armies is exactly the same as written in the history books. Cao Bin captured Gu'ancheng, Tian Chongjin is about to attack Feihu, and Pan Mei is about to arrive in Huanzhou. Mi Xin, who is Cao Bin's assistant along the way, will also arrive in Xincheng

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Whenever he saw the development of the situation as recorded in history books, Zhao Weiji couldn't help but shake his head. After reading this history, it is not easy to change.

Just when Zhao Weiji was sighing, a soldier came in from outside.

"Reporting to General, General Tian's command has begun to contact the Khitan army."

It turned out that Tian Chongjin had already led his troops to march towards Feihu, while Zhao Weiji's Zhenzhou Army was left behind. The euphemistically called base camp was crucial to the army, and Tian Chongjin was worried about leaving Tian Chongjin to others. Only Zhao Weiji and his Zhenzhou Army could

To shoulder this important task, in fact, all you need to do is stay there and you won't have any share in the military merit.

"Okay, I understand." After hearing the report, Zhao Weiji waved his hand for the messenger to leave, while he looked at the map.

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Tian Chongjin here has already started fighting.

As the Song army was well prepared, had new weapons, and the Liao army's "appeasement" policy, the Song army won the victory after the first contact.

However, the victorious Song Army did not advance rashly. At this early stage of the war, the Song Army was still somewhat afraid of the Khitan cavalry.

After the initial victory, Tian Chongjin summoned his staff to discuss the next step.

"I think it's easy to set up an ambush in the south of Feihu. How about we ambush here, then send a small force to lure out the Feihu defenders, and then annihilate them here?" The person who put forward the opinion was Yuan Jizhong, Tian Chongjin's number one general.

Other staff members thought this plan was feasible and nodded.

"That's it, you, Yuan Jizhong, lead the troops to set up an ambush at the south entrance of Feihu. I personally lead the troops to meet the enemy on the front battlefield. Jing Si, you lead five hundred cavalry to attack Feihu and draw out the city's defenders. Tan Tingmei leads two thousand troops to line up in Pingchuan

Join Jing Si."

After the deployment was completed, the action began.

On the other side, the defenders in Feihu City, Dapeng Yi, He Wantong, Ma Yun and others were also confused about the Song army's victory but not pursuit?

The original plan was that they were defeated first, and then the Song army came to pursue them. If the pursuing Song army put up a decent resistance when attacking the city, and then retreated, it would be over.

But the Song army did not pursue them at this time, so the three men began to discuss.

"It seems that the Song Army is not scary. Although their new weapons seem to be very powerful, I think the Song Army is still afraid of our Daliao cavalry." Dapeng Yi was the first to speak.

"I think so. Why lure the enemy deeper? If the Song army comes to call for battle again, I will definitely lead my troops out and annihilate them directly under Feihu City. This will save me the trouble of pretending to be defeated." He Wantong took over the conversation.

"But luring the enemy deep is the strategy set by the Queen Mother. Is it inappropriate for us to do this?" Ma Yun on the side said with some worry.

"I don't think there is anything wrong. When the Queen Mother made the strategy, she took into account the strength of the Song Army, but now the Song Army is not as strong as imagined. We can naturally act according to the situation. Besides, as long as we can win, I think the Queen Mother will definitely

There won't be any dissatisfaction." Dapeng couldn't help but look down upon Ma Yun when he saw that Ma Yun was timid.

"but……"

"There are no buts. I also agree with what General Dapeng said. We should act according to the situation."

"Okay, let's not talk about anything else. If the Song army dares to call the formation again, they will be completely wiped out." Dapengyi immediately made the final decision.

When Jing Si came to call for formation the next day, Dapeng Yi couldn't help it.

"You dare to call for formation with only five hundred men. You look down on our Khitan cavalry." So Dapeng Yi and He Wantong immediately led 20,000 cavalry and rushed out of the city to attack Jing Si.

When Jing Si saw that the generals in the city were indeed chasing him with a large army, he retreated decisively without saying a word.

Seeing Jing Si's retreat, Dapeng Yi became more sure that the Song army was afraid of the Liao cavalry, so he pursued them directly without suspecting a trick.

Soon, Jing Si led the Liao cavalry to the designated cliff, and then began to deal with the Liao army with strong bows and crossbows.

Because of the astonishing power of the Song Army's new crossbows, the Liao army failed to achieve success after several attacks. Just when He Wantong finally realized that there might be a trick, Tan Tingmei came to rescue him, Yuan Jizhong, who had been lying in wait for a long time, and Hotan's army advanced again.

They appeared together around the Liao army and besieged the Liao army layer by layer.

With no way to retreat, the Liao army was either forced off the cliff or directly killed by the Song army. The few remaining soldiers all surrendered. The generals Dapeng Yi and He Wantong were also captured.

The Song army took advantage of the situation and marched north. The army approached Feihu City and surrounded Feihu City.

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"Our army has a great victory and has surrounded Feihu City." The new battle report came, and the messenger immediately reported to Zhao Weiji in the rear camp.

"Well." Zhao Weiji was not surprised when he heard the good news, because he already knew the result. "It seems that the defender of Feihu City will surrender the city within seven days."

"Why didn't the Lord have any reaction when he heard about our army's victory?" Seeing Zhao Weiji treating the matter so calmly, Li Jiguang couldn't help but be a little confused.

"I had known that our army could win, so there was nothing to be surprised about." Zhao Weiji explained to Li Jiguang.

And Li Jiguang didn't have any doubts, because judging from Zhao Weiji's consistent performance, it was not surprising that he would do such a predictable thing.

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Just when Tian Chongjin surrounded Feihu, Pan Mei and Yang Ye's troops on the west road also won the victory.

Pan Mei led his army out of Xixing to attack Huanzhou, and soon the leading troops of the Liao army engaged in a battle. Similar to what Tian Chongjin's troops encountered, Pan Mei's army easily won its first victory with the help of Liannu and the Liao army's release of water.

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After winning their first victory, Pan Mei's army continued to advance towards Huanzhou.

Since the Liao general Yelu Xiezhen and the planner of this battle Yelu Mo were both on the west road, the Huanzhou defender implemented the plan very thoroughly.

Pan Mei's army just surrounded Huanzhou, and Zhao Yanxin, the governor of Huanzhou, surrendered. Because Zhao Yanxin was a Han, Pan Mei did not doubt his presence and successfully took over Huanzhou.

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At the same time, Cao Bin's troops continued to advance vigorously, and the army quickly advanced to Zhuozhou.

In the east of Zhuozhou, Cao Bin's troops fought another battle with the Khitan. Like the above two men, Cao Bin won the battle for the same reason.

In pursuit of victory, Cao Bin's troops began to attack the north gate of Zhuozhou, but the defenders of Zhuozhou gave a token resistance and then abandoned the city and fled.

Cao Bin's troops successfully captured Zhuozhou City.

Mi Xin's troops, who cooperated with Cao Bin's troops to advance to Youzhou, also successfully captured the new city.

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The frequent reports of good news on all fronts made the entire Song Dynasty excited. Zhao Guangyi asked the eunuchs to read each good news over and over again at every court meeting.

The original anti-war faction below were somewhat suppressed and unable to raise their heads.

Occasionally, when someone questioned whether such a smooth operation was a fraud, they would immediately be mercilessly ridiculed and rebuked by Zhao Guangyi. Gradually, these anti-war factions basically lost their voices.

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Feihu City here finally couldn't resist anymore, and the city's defender Ma Yun led his troops to abandon the city and surrender. The middle route army finally captured the first city.

The Song Army is now in full bloom, with all fronts advancing smoothly.

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"General, General Mi Xin's troops have received another good news."

"General, Feihu City finally can't hold it any longer."

"General, General Cao Bin's troops are about to cross Zhuozhou and head further north."

News like this came frequently during this period. Although the Zhenzhou Army had not yet fought a big battle, I was still happy from the bottom of my heart when I heard that the Song Dynasty had won.

There was only one person who looked at the map every time he heard such news, and then frowned even deeper.

That person was none other than Zhao Weiji. He now lives in fear every day, and every good news hits Zhao Weiji's heart like a whip.

Because every good news is consistent with history, that is to say, if it continues like this, the outcome of this battle will still be the same as history, with the Song Dynasty being defeated miserably.

But no one can understand Zhao Weiji's heart. He can't tell anyone that he came from time to time. He knows history. Although it is constantly winning now, the Song Dynasty will inevitably fail in the end, and it will fail miserably.

Therefore, whenever good news came, Zhao Weiji had to face his men with a forced smile and celebrate with them the false victories of the Song Army.

"We must find a way. I can't sit here and wait for death anymore. I must find a way to do something, otherwise all the previous preparations will be in vain."

While Zhao Weiji was still struggling in his heart, the messenger soldiers from Feihu City arrived at the camp.

Tian Chongjin asked Zhao Weiji to lead the Zhenzhou soldiers to break out of camp and go to Feihu City to join the large army. Tian Chongjin also had something to discuss with Zhao Weiji.

Zhao Weiji couldn't help but his eyes lit up when he heard the news. Did he discuss whether he should send his Zhenzhou soldiers to garrison Feihu City? If so, it would be a huge opportunity.

If he is stationed in Feihu City, he will be able to get rid of Tian Chongjin's constraints. In this case, Zhao Weiji can do a lot of things.

So with a feeling of anxiety, Zhao Weiji led the Zhenzhou soldiers to break out of camp and head to Feihu City.
Chapter completed!