It turned out that after Yang Yan found that he had fallen for Yan Changzhi's plan to attack the west, he also realized that he was a little shy and too conservative in his use of troops some time ago, and he had to make some changes to change the current situation.

Therefore, after careful consideration, it was found that after the Jin army launched an attack on all fronts, all the troops were mobilized, and the guards around Kaifeng Mansion were very empty.

When Yang Yan was just starting out, he led an elite cavalry to raid Heiyang Mountain and burned the grain and grass of the Jin army, which enabled the Song army to get out of the predicament, and Yang Yan became famous in a battle. Now it's just a matter of doing it yourself.

Moreover, the number of war horses of the Song army has increased greatly, and the quality of the cavalry has also been greatly improved compared with the past, because it is the horse army division of the cavalry, its predecessor is the horse army division that participated in the expedition in those years, and now the number of the whole army has reached 7,000, including 3,000 armored cavalry, and the whole army is equipped with more than 11,000 war horses, and the armored cavalry have reached one person and two horses, and they often do long-distance travel training in peacetime, which is a suitable army to realize this expeditionary plan, it should be said that this expedition is still very sure.

It's just that now that Yang Yan is the commander of the whole army, it is naturally impossible to personally lead the army on an expedition like ten years ago, so it is a big problem who will be the chief general of this expedition. Cao Xun and Gao Zhen are both suitable candidates, but now neither of them is by Yang Yan's side, and both of them have their own responsibilities now, so it is impossible to pull out at all.

Now among the generals around Yang Yan, only the imperial garrison in Gwangju is under the control of Liu Fuwu and is qualified. Liu Fuwu was born in cavalry, excellent marksmanship, brave and good at fighting, and also participated in the expedition more than ten years ago, and after Yang Yan left the command of the Feng Army, he was to replace Yang Yan. At the same time, he has served on the border for many years, and his battlefield experience is enough.

But Yang Yan took into account that Liu Fuwu had been away from the Xiao cavalry army for too long after all, and most of the old people in the army had already left separately. However, there are some inexplicable contradictions between the local army and the central army, and although this contradiction does not seem to be big in normal times, it is easy to spoil major events once it is not handled well at the time of construction, and long-distance attacks have always been a dangerous matter, and they must be fully prepared in advance and be foolproof, otherwise it will be difficult to guarantee success, so these factors cannot but be taken into account.

At this time, Zhao Yueru suddenly took the initiative to propose to Yang Yan that she should lead the army to complete this task.

Yang Yan thought about it again and again, compared with Liu Fuwu, Zhao Yueru had absolutely no problem in developing orders. This is not just because she is Yang Yan's wife, but for so many years, Zhao Yueru has also experienced a hundred battles and has long established a reputation for being brave and invincible on the battlefield. And her shortcoming is that she has always followed Yang Yan to fight together, and has never led an army to fight. However, it can be complemented by Liu Fuwu. It can be said that at the moment, this is the best combination to choose.

Therefore, Yang Yan finally decided that this expedition was to take Zhao Yueru as the main general, Liu Fuwu as the deputy general, and also the Ma Jun Si Xiao cavalry to control Wei Jiao, leading all the 7,000 men and horses of the Ma Jun Division, the route was from Yingshui to the northwest swim upstream, and then along the Cai River to the north after entering the territory of Chenzhou, entering the territory of Kaifeng Mansion, taking Xu Tong and Lincai Pass to smash Kaifeng.

At the same time, in order to ensure horsepower, Yang Yan deliberately transferred more than 5,000 war horses from the army, so that the total number of war horses in the whole army exceeded 16,000, and it was redundant to reach one person and two horses. And Zhao Yueru selected a hundred elite female soldiers from the Jingyan Army to participate in this expedition with her, including Yang Yan's future apprentice daughter-in-law, Luo Yunyao.

After making preparations, Zhao Yueru, Liu Fuwu, and Wei Jiao bid farewell to Yang Yan and led the army to set off.

The expeditionary force crossed the Huai River near the mouth of the Huai River in Zhengyang Town, where the Yingshui flows into the Huai River, and then swims uphill on the east bank of the Ying River, heading northwest.

Because the Song army was all cavalry, and there were two people and two horses to ride in turn, so the march was fast and fast, and it only took one day to pass through Yingzhou and enter the territory of Chenzhou. And Yang Yan also cooperated very well to send a team of men and horses to attack Yingzhou in detail, so frightened that the defenders of Yingzhou closed the city gate tightly and did not dare to go out of the city to face the battle, but Zhao Yueru led the Song army to bypass Yingzhou City, but they were not discovered.

After passing through Yingzhou, he entered the territory of the Jin Army with the scriptures. At this time, most of the Jin army's troops were concentrated in Xiangyang and Jianghuai, and the garrison was empty, and the Song army no longer entangled along the way, trying to avoid the towns and villages where there were people, plus there were flying eagles in the suburbs of Wei to guide them in the sky, and they avoided several batches of Jin army's grain transportation teams, and walked out of Chenzhou until they reached the Baiting boundary of Kaifeng Mansion. It was only ten miles away from the lockdown, and at the speed of cavalry, that is, a few hours.

However, at this time, the Song army rushed for three days and two nights, and the people could still hold on, but the war horses were exhausted by the exhaustion, Zhao Yueru and Liu Fuwu and Wei Xiao discussed and decided to find a place here, rest for three hours first, and wait for the horsepower to recover slightly, and then set off immediately and smashed Kaifeng.

Of course, more than 15,000 war horses walked by, and it was impossible to leave no traces at all, but the speed of the Song army was too fast, and when the defenders of Fuzhou and counties along the way understood that it was time, the Song army had already galloped past. Even if you find out, it's too late.

After the soldiers and horses had recovered their fatigue, Zhao Yueru gave the order again, and the whole army set off again, and there was no need to hide any whereabouts at this time, but rushed to Kaifeng as quickly as possible.

When the people and horses arrived at Kaifeng Fucheng, it happened that at dusk, Zhao Yue ordered to replace the war horses outside the city, and replaced all the war horses that were tired of running, and changed to ride the war horses that ran with an empty saddle just now, so as to maintain the physical strength of the war horses. At this moment, Song Jun also met the spy officers who came to meet them.

It turned out that before Zhao Yueqi and his entourage set off, Yang Yan secretly ordered the members of the Ministry Division stationed in Kaifeng Mansion to prepare in the city to meet the expeditionary men and horses of the Song army. After receiving the order, the spy personnel immediately took action, organized more than 300 people, lurked in the area of Xinzhengmen, and sent people to meet Song Jun and his party outside the city.

Knowing that the spies of the army were ready in the city, and the soldiers of the expeditionary force were all happy, Zhao Yueru immediately ordered to follow the spies who greeted them and rushed to Xinzhengmen.

Kaifeng Mansion is divided into the inner city and the outer city, the inner city has ten dry gates, two water gates, and the outer city has a total of nine dry gates and seven water gates. Xinzheng Gate is in the southwest of the outer city, and after entering the city, you can go straight to the Yiqiu Gate of the inner city.

At this time, the defenders of Kaifeng Mansion were preparing to close the city gate, and when they saw an army outside the city, they pulled up the drawbridge first. At this time, the spy personnel who greeted the Song army immediately sent two fireworks signals into the air, and after the Great Song spies lurking in the city received the signal, they immediately killed from the hidden houses, and the golden soldiers guarding the city were caught off guard, and they were killed at once, and the spy gate of the Great Song Dynasty immediately killed the city, put down the drawbridge, and then opened the city gate and let the Song army enter the city.

After the Song army entered the city, they did not stop for a moment, and were immediately led by spies to attack the inner city. The time of the inner city to close the gate is later than the outer gate, at this time the soldiers who changed the guard and closed the door have not arrived, because it is dusk at this time, there are not many pedestrians on the street, and the Song army is all cavalry The action is very fast, and the wide streets in Kaifeng City also provide a convenient strip for the Song army's action, so the Song army quickly killed, Zhao Yueru took the lead, and captured the Yiqiu Gate at once.

At this time, the inner and outer cities of Kaifeng Mansion were all broken by the Song army. And Zhao Yueru immediately divided the troops into three routes, led by Wei Jiao 2,000 men and horses, to capture the treasury, Liu Fuwu led 2,000 men and horses to Xingtai Shangshu Province in the inner city, captured the Jin officials who stayed in Kaifeng Mansion, and led 3,000 armored cavalry to attack the barracks in the city, completely defeating the defenders in the city.

After Yan Changzhi led the army to set off, only thousands of men and horses were left in the city of Kaifeng, and the garrison was very empty. Thinking that the Song army would suddenly arrive at this time, and there was no letter at all in advance, they immediately panicked, and after Yan Hui, who stayed in Nanjing, learned the news, he hurriedly led the battalion, which is currently only 5,000 men and horses, to meet the Song army. happened to meet with the Song army on Mahang Street, and the two sides immediately started a big battle.

As soon as Zhao Yueru saw that the Jin army had arrived, she immediately took the lead, wielding a coiling dragon stick and killing into the Jin army's array. And the Song army behind him also followed Zhao Yanru and killed them together, launching a fierce attack on the Jin army.

Although the Song army was all cavalry, which was not conducive to this kind of street fighting, this Song army was an elite soldier who could fight in different environments, so it was not affected by the terrain at all. Some of the soldiers bypassed the side alleys to attack the Jin soldiers, and some of the Song soldiers dismounted their horses, climbed onto the roofs on both sides, and attacked the Jin army with bows and crossbows. In addition, Zhao Yueru was extremely brave, and a coiled dragon stick blocked and killed in the west, as if entering a no-man's land.

And the Jin army is just a second-rate army left behind, and the Song army seems to have fallen from the sky, and it has long been panicked, and now seeing that the Song army is so brave, it can still parry there, only to be killed and retreated, and in less than an hour, it was defeated. Zhao Yueru took the opportunity to command the Song army to cover up and kill, and continued to divide men and horses, and detoured from the side alleys to kill, only to kill the Jin army's corpses all over the streets, and the blood flowed into a canal. Even the main general, Wan Yanhui, was killed in the chaos.

And Zhao Yueru led the Song army to chase and kill the Jin army, until the Jin army was all driven out of Kaifeng Fucheng, and then returned to the army and joined Liu Fuwu and Wei Jiao.