This year's New Year's Eve is very different from the past, even uncomfortable.

Bianjing, which had always been bustling and lively, became very deserted.

Not only did the dignitaries keep their doors closed, but ordinary people also did not dare to go out at will.

Envoys from various countries were even more cautious, hiding in their respective embassies and not daring to come out.

However, their moods were different. The Goryeo envoys were relaxed and happy. Because of the Song-Liao war, they had escaped the disaster of being invaded by Daliao.

Dali and other southwest envoys were extremely nervous. During this year, the Song Dynasty seemed to have eaten gunpowder and started a war in the southwest.

Then they invaded Xixia, and then fought fiercely with Daliao. They were so angry that the three "powerful countries" almost turned into a pot of porridge.

Although they have a good relationship with the Song Dynasty, who knows if the Song Dynasty will suddenly go crazy and turn around to attack them?

It can be said that the mood is very complicated.

Strength is relative.

Although the Song Dynasty was once afraid of Xixia and feared the Liao Kingdom, for them, it was undoubtedly a very powerful country.

On the seventeenth day of the first lunar month, the conquest sage finally arrived at Liyang on the north bank of the Yellow River.

King Yan Zhao Qi got up early and was already dressed in filial piety robes and imperial robes.

As soon as the emperor died, he would enter the palace and take the throne.

Thinking of this, he was very excited.

At this moment, the guard hurriedly sent a secret report to him and said in panic:

"Your Majesty, Hebei has secretly reported that the Song Dynasty has not been defeated!"

"The officials are returning to Beijing after repelling the Liao army!"

Zhao Qi was suddenly shocked and quickly opened the secret report and read it. After reading it, he was stunned on the spot.

He held the military newspaper tightly and said in disbelief:

"The Song Dynasty actually won? How is this possible?"

As he spoke, he suddenly looked at the counselor and shouted:

"How could the Song Dynasty defeat the Liao Dynasty?"

After so many days, no matter how incompetent his spies were, they still got a relatively complete and true battle report.

Seeing him like this, the counselor quickly took the secret report. After reading it, he sweated coldly and questioned:

"Cao Bin is the commander-in-chief? Does he have the ability to defeat the Liao people?"

When Zhao Qi heard this, he seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw and said impatiently:

"Yes, this battle report is definitely fake. Cao Bin was still an ignorant and ignorant playboy in the first two years."

"Even if you make some progress, how can you command weak soldiers to defeat the Liao cavalry?"

At this time, he was eager to get a positive answer.

Because he could not fail. From the moment he led his troops to Beijing, failure meant death.

The counselor nodded hesitantly and said:

"This...maybe, it's probably fake?"

Yan Wang Zhao Qi grabbed the counselor's collar and roared hysterically:

"What to do? What to do now?"

The counselor was also panicked for a moment, and he wisely said:

"Your Majesty, we still have a chance. The Cao family, the Yang family, and the Pan family are all in the capital."

"Your Majesty can send people to arrest all their family members."

"Let them surrender and make them have no fighting spirit. As long as the official is dead, you will still have a chance."

When Zhao Qi heard this, he immediately became hopeful and nodded repeatedly:

"Yes, yes, that's it."

The counselor then said:

"In addition, we must send people to support the Liao people. We must not let the officials return to the capital."

"The battle report said that the Song Dynasty suffered heavy losses, and the Liao people retreated because of a clever trick."

"If they were to fight head-on, the Song Dynasty would definitely not be a match for the Liao people."

"Moreover, if we are prepared to attack the unprepared, and use strong troops to attack the remaining troops, we will definitely win and intercept and kill the Holy Driver."

When Zhao Qi heard this, he immediately realized that the most critical thing now was the emperor's life and death.

As long as the emperor is dead, he still has a chance.

Otherwise, just because he led troops into the city with the intention of taking control of the court, the court would not let him go.

Now we must fight to the death. If we succeed, we will rule the world, if we fail, we will die and our family will be destroyed.

With that said, he no longer hesitated and said harshly:

"I personally led the troops to help the Liao soldiers intercept and kill the Holy Master."

"And you are going to arrest the family members of Cao Bin and others. After you are done, they will be sent to the front line immediately."

He did not believe that the five thousand Liao cavalry and tens of thousands of his own soldiers and horses could not defeat the tired army that was returning in a hurry.

Soon after, the outgoing army also escorted the holy driver, left Liyang in a mighty manner, and began to swim across Baimajin.

As long as you cross the Yellow River, you'll reach North Beijing Road, which is only three hundred miles away from Kaifeng.

Just after crossing the river halfway, we saw countless Liao cavalry suddenly rushing out from the direction of Tiantai Mountain in the west, charging towards the Song army.

Behind the Liao army were tens of thousands of soldiers dressed as bandits.

Those "bandits" were neatly dressed and looked like regular soldiers.

At this time, the emperor's chariot had just crossed the river and saw the cavalry rushing towards him. He couldn't help but said in surprise:

"Attack halfway across, Juncai, can you kill them?"

Cao Bin smiled and said:

"Your Majesty, don't worry, these are just defeated soldiers, and I have already made preparations."

"Now they deliver it to our door by themselves, which saves us the trouble of searching."

As he spoke, he waved his hand carelessly and said with a smile:

"General Lu, this battle is left to you! Do you have confidence?"

When Lu Junyi saw that the emperor and others were all looking at him, he was so excited that he raised his hands and said in awe:

"Don't worry, Lord Marquis, if you can't win, I will eventually come to see you!"

When the emperor saw this, he couldn't help but cough a few times, a blush appeared on his pale face, and he said happily:

"Okay, this general is so heroic. If he can win, I will give him a big reward."

When Lu Junyi heard this, he became even more excited. After giving Cao Bin a grateful look, he led eight thousand cavalry troops to face him.

Zhao Qi, who had put on a lot of costumes, was following the Liao soldiers.

When he saw that the emperor actually sent out cavalry to counterattack, he couldn't help being shocked, and said with a smile:

"Haha, they dared to face the Liao army's cavalry head-on. God helps me. It seems that we will win this battle!"

Seeing this, he even thought about the prospect of ascending to the throne.

The charging Song army had no idea. Are these people not the best among the best who have fought for the rest of their lives?

They had fought against the Liao army countless times and were accustomed to it.

To them, the most elite cavalry of the Liao army were just defeated generals, let alone such ordinary cavalry?

So he charged forward without any fear or hesitation.

In addition, in order to give Lu Junyi a clean victory, Cao Bin also sent out sedan chairs and tiger and leopard cavalry.

Therefore, before the smile spread on Zhao Qi's face, the scene on the battlefield had already shocked him.

At the moment when the torrent of cavalry collided, the Liao army was like a powerless dead tree, split open by the Song cavalry in an instant.

Prince Yan's smile suddenly stopped, and his scalp felt numb.

Is this still the Liao cavalry that controlled the world and suppressed the Song Dynasty? Why was it directly defeated by the Song army?

"Your Majesty, what should I do?"

The general next to Zhao Qi asked with a pale face.

Zhao Qi gritted his teeth and said: "Come on, everyone, charge forward. Even if you die here today, I will succeed."

But before he could give the order, Cao Bin had already received the imperial edict and shouted:

"Your Majesty has decreed that King Yan will rebel and cause chaos, and those who capture him will be exempted from punishment..."
Chapter completed!