The scope of the turmoil before the beginning of winter was not limited to Ezhou.

Although the heart of rebellion is well known to passers-by, however, Cao Gu did not really attack Ezhou City after all, Zhao Qi exonerated Cao Gu with the respect of the Ninety-Five, and Cao Di even wrote a letter to avenge his son's grievances, claiming that Cao Gu was one of the commanders of the eight armies outside Ezhou City, and it was also a matter of course for him to return the troops to the court, and he was negligent in the rules of the court and did not return the temporary military power to the military department. Among the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, there was no lack of ministers who hoped that the Cao family would contain Deng Su, and how to deal with Cao Gu became one of the most heated topics in the Song Dynasty, until the front-line military report came back, Cao Di actually cut off the grain and grass supplies sent to the Northern Expedition army all the way from Xiangyang to the imperial court, and there was a faint "Qing Jun side" said, the court panicked, Zhuzhou Xuezheng instructed the Dali Temple, the Criminal Department and the Military Department to interrogate, and fixed Cao as the crime of unauthorized dictatorship, and sentenced him to be imprisoned in the Ezhou Criminal Department for 15 years. Cao Gu saved his life, and only then did he put the incident to rest. When Cao Gu returned to Ezhou, it had not yet reached the beginning of winter, and it was already snowing heavily.

Because of the instability in the rear, Yue Fei, Zhang Xian, Lu Mingyu and other generals jointly signed a letter, hoping to rest their troops and horses in winter, and then continue the Northern Expedition after the spring is warm, and recapture Sanguan, the homeland of Youzhou. The progress of the Northern Expedition of the Song Army was slow, and the price of the Hebei coupons sold by Yangzhou Zhengxintang plummeted, and the household department and the military department were under great pressure because of this. However, another big thing diverted the attention of the government and the opposition, the whole country knew that the East Palace had been pregnant with a dragon species, but after the heavy snowfall, the queen accidentally had a miscarriage, and the little prince was gone! It is rumored that Empress Cao cried heartbreakingly, Zhao Qi was depressed and refused to go to court, and it was rumored that this was caused by Prime Minister Deng Cheng's poisoning. The Cao family still had no reaction, and the government and the opposition set off another voice of impeachment of Deng Su.

The Great Song Dynasty spent two years in mixed joy and chaos.

In contrast, Luoyang, ruled by the Xia State, was much more stable, and the people of Luoyang had become accustomed to reading the latest Di Bao from Ezhou and the Xia Guo Di Bao from Luoyang Mansion at the same time, and then talking about it without caring about themselves. The war in Hebei brought huge profits to the merchants of Luoyang, and grain, cloth, weapons, gunpowder, and war horses were transported to Bianliang every day, and cheap porcelain, white paper, tea, and ore were transported back to the Song Kingdom. Because of the continuous war, the wealth of the Xia court also began to be tense, and the war with the Turks in Hezhong had reached a critical juncture, and the treasury was no longer enough to issue coupons, so the court had to increase taxes in both Guanzhong and Luoyang. There were also some complaints in the cities inside and outside Luoyang City, but because the soldiers firmly controlled the shade, the people only stopped complaining, and they all hoped that the war would end as soon as possible, and if the eastern end of the Silk Road extended from Chang'an to Luoyang, the merchants could make up for a little loss.

For many people, this winter is a real harsh winter, and only those who survive the winter can see spring.

"Deng Su, Deng Shouyi, I can't imagine that there are such means."

Chen Zhong put the latest issue of Song Guodi back on the case, sighed for a long time, and said regretfully: "It's a pity."

Cao Gu was captured, Cao Di refused to take a break, while writing a book to cry out for his son, while pressing troops to Xiangyang, and even sending troops to intercept the supply of the Northern Expedition army, the Song State was in chaos. The situation in the Guanbei Expedition is corrupt, but don't implicate us in the war in the northern Xinjiang and Xijingdao tribes. If the Liao people take advantage of the loophole again, and the offensive and defensive momentum turns again, in case the Kanto region cannot support it, it will be troublesome for us to clean up the mess in the future. Chen Chong shook his head and said to Yuan Xingzong, who was sitting on the side. The recent changes in the Kanto region attracted the attention of the Protectorate and the Great General's Office, and Chen Zhong and Yuan Xingzong were instructed to jointly draft a memo as a basis for the three governments to consider the situation in the Kanto. Wu Jie, the general of the Eastern Expedition Camp, had already led his army north to meet with the Anbei army to jointly crusade against the Liao forces in Xijing Province.

"The Song army's Northern Expedition has a great chance of winning, even if it is not a big victory, it will not be defeated," Yuan Xingzong muttered, "Even if there is a mistake, with the deep ditch barriers in the Song Kingdom, and the number of regimental training in prefectures and counties, it is difficult for the Liao people to be as powerful as last time." I think that the situation in the Kanto region used to be tight on the outside and loose on the inside, and it was like a turtle with a shrunken head and a shrunken brain, as long as the periphery of the dangerous fortress was broken, the inside was a flat river, but now it is tight inside and loose outside, it seems that the internal fighting is fierce, but there are also many internal forces, not only is it difficult for external forces to penetrate, but over time, when they can't accommodate these forces in the country, these forces may turn outward. In the early years of the Song Dynasty, the immigrants and reclamation and the establishment of the Southwest Sea Division together with our dynasty were just precursors. As far as our dynasty is concerned, the matter of Kanto cannot be delayed any longer, as long as the war in the west is calmed down, even if it is a little more sacrificed, it must be given priority to unify the Kanto, otherwise it will ......"

"That's it," Chen Zhong shook his head, "If you say more, others will think you're alarmist." ”

Yuan Xingzong sighed, kept silent, and the eyes of the two returned to the march map sent by the General's Mansion.

Zhang Shanfu and Xu Wenhu commanded the army to besiege the old Turkic capital Khan City for more than a month, the Xia army is not without the strength to conquer the Khan City, but hopes to attract the Turkic army to help, it is best to lead the army to the decisive battle, however, Mesud was not fooled, he ordered the army to be stationed in Hamadan in the name of sympathy for the warrior Tiredton, and only sent some warriors who were not afraid of death to protect the messengers into the Khan City to boost the morale of the garrison, but in fact it was to delay time and wait for the opportunity of the decisive battle.

Messud believed that each day of the war dragged on, the greater the pressure on the expeditionary Xia army, however, the Turkic defenders of Khan were more vulnerable than the Xia army. The Xia State spared no cost, at the expense of huge sums of money, to get heavy supplies for the front-line army from Rus, Lumei, Hezhong, and even other Great Food Princes. The Turkic defenders of Khan could only starve and freeze in a snowy and icy field. The Xia army first drove many half-hearted tribesmen to the side of the Romani Turks, and the arrival of winter was a nightmare for these people, many tribes had to kill the livestock that were reserved for the next year, the Khan and other Turkic cities were crowded with fleeing people, the nobles could buy slaves who voluntarily sold themselves for less than a tenth of the price, and there were even more cannibalism among the common people.

Because of the blockade of the Xia cavalry, after the winter solstice, the famine in the Khan city reached an unprecedented peak, and even the Turkic army could not get enough food. There were more than 30,000 cavalry and more than 30,000 infantry troops in the Turkic army, while the Xia army led by Xu Wenhu had 50,000 cavalry and 70,000 foot soldiers.

"Rush with me—" Wang Tong shouted, "Don't take prisoners!" "Riding horses and rushing at the front of the whole army.

The cold made the earth freeze hard, just suitable for the cavalry charge, last night there was a light snow, groups of war horses galloped past, trampling the snow into a mess, the Turks in order to break through the siege of the Xia army, rushed desperately one after another, the snow was full of dead and wounded corpses. The cavalry of the Xia army, which arrived in advance, was already entangled with the Turkic cavalry, wielding swords and guns to fight desperately. Over the past year, the Turkic war horses had trampled on the intensively cultivated land of the Hezhong people, and the Xia army retaliated by turning the Turkic cities and villages into a sea of fire and ruins. Up to now, neither warrior had any way out, mercy or luck.

"Whoosh......" Sharp arrows whistled past Wang Tongdeng's ears, and the battlefield was full of stray arrows.

At this time, in order to avoid accidental injury, the cavalry of the Xia army has basically stopped firing arrows, and most of the arrows flying around are the Turkic cavalry fleeing while releasing the arrows. Arrows flew over Wang Tongdeng's head, he desperately urged his horse, rushed into a group of fleeing Turkic cavalry, waved his big spear and struck the enemy one by one, and then, his horse suddenly fell to his knees on the ground.

"Whew-" Wang Tongdeng jerked his head down, avoiding a scimitar slashing at him.

He cut the stirrup and quickly climbed out of the saddle, drawing his horizontal knife, holding on to a scimitar, and stretching his legs to kick the enemy away. Because he rushed too quickly, Wang Tongdeng was trapped in a group of red-eyed Turkic cavalry, these people lost the hope of escaping, and only wanted to ask for the highest price for their lives, Wang Tongdeng had to desperately block left and right, he didn't know how many enemies he had killed, and he didn't know how many injuries he had on his body, he walked while fighting, and finally backed a dry but thick trunk to defend the sword, panting heavily, the Turks saw that this killing god was not easy to deal with, although they didn't dare to step forward, but they refused to let him go. Until the end, a group of Xia cavalry under Wang Tongdeng rushed over and scattered these Turks.

"General Wang!" When a cavalryman saw Wang Tongdeng, he jumped off his horse and handed him the reins.

"Thanks!" Wang Tongdeng said loudly, just about to raise his legs and get on the horse, but found that blood was flowing down the leather boots, it turned out that he had just stepped on a pool of blood to fight, and the boots were filled with blood. "His grandmother's," Wang Tongden turned on his horse, looked at the concerned eyes of his subordinates, and grinned, "It's all Turkic blood." ”