Zhao Ning finally truly felt why someone wanted to mess with Yue Fei who was on the Northern Expedition.

Yue Fei is really cutting off many people’s financial paths!

Why do these people who wrote letters to Liu Yun dare to put their official seals on them?

Because they did not think that the Song Dynasty could take back the three towns in Hebei, at least not in a short period of time.

As long as they can't take it back, they are safe and can continue to make money.

But what did Yue Fei do?

He actually went on an expedition to the north!

He actually wants to go to the Northern Expedition!

He actually took the initiative to make the Northern Expedition and wanted to recover the lost territory!

For those people, isn’t this a heinous crime?

When there is darkness everywhere and a beam of light shines in, then that beam of light is sinful.

Thinking of this, even Zhao Ning, who had always been calm, couldn't help but feel a surge of anger in his heart.

His face was livid, his tone was sharp, and he said angrily outside: "Notice, break camp immediately and set off for Zhaozhou!"

Liu Yun breathed a long sigh of relief, knowing that he had temporarily saved his life.

The army no longer stopped at Daimyo.

On the same day, he broke camp and left the daimyo, heading for Zhaozhou.

Zhaozhou is the front line. It is only more than 300 miles from Damingfu to Zhaozhou, and all the way is the Hebei Plain.

If it is a forced march, it will take about five days to arrive.

News of the imperial commander's personal expedition quickly spread throughout Hebei.

In fact, the Zhao Guan family of the Song Dynasty still preferred to conduct military campaigns in person.

Song Taizu, Song Taizu, and Song Zhenzong all had personal conquests with imperial chariots.

The officials of the Song Dynasty thought that it was not a big deal for the imperial commander to personally conquer the country. After all, Kou Zhun almost tied Song Zhenzong to the front line.

On August 19, just as Zhao Ning was heading north, the cavalry of the Song Army on the eastern front, after dealing with the Jin Army for many days, went south down the Yellow River and entered the territory of Cangzhou.

The arrival of the cavalry immediately reduced the pressure on the Song army.

On the 19th, the Song army changed its defensive posture, cooperated with infantry and cavalry, and began to advance rapidly towards Cangzhou City.

On August 20, Zong Wang received news of the Song army's advance and immediately began to form an elite army to defend outside Cangzhou City.

While Zong Wang besieged Cangzhou, he began to form a three-pronged army to form a corner.

The commander of the Song army on this road was Yao Zheng.

The order Yao Zheng received from Zhang Xian was to support Cangzhou.

But in fact, the order he received from Yue Fei was to stop the Jin army from going south at all costs.

Obviously, Zhang Xian's order was considered from the perspective of local war.

Yue Fei's order was considered from the perspective of the overall battle situation.

To prevent the Jin army from going south at all costs and hold back the eastern front, the central and western fronts must have other arrangements and cannot divide their forces.

This put tremendous pressure on the Eastern Front, which must be required to stabilize the situation in the East at all costs and not to affect this game of chess.

By the 20th, news of Zhao Guan's family's personal expedition had spread to many places in Hebei.

For a time, people's hearts were greatly excited!

Some people even rushed around to spread the message.

The northern part of Hebei, which was once covered with war clouds, suddenly seemed to have great confidence.

The Xiang troops, soldiers and civilians in those places, and even ordinary people, all ran after hearing the news.

On the evening of the 20th, Yue Fei also received news that His Majesty the Emperor was driving north, and there were also 20,000 Imperial Guard Brigades.

This undoubtedly gave Yue Fei great support!

Yue Fei was originally planning to write a letter to Zhao Guan's family to inquire about the whereabouts of the imperial commander. As soon as he finished writing the letter, he received another letter from Zhao Guan's family.

Zhao Ning put it relatively simply in his letter: You should do whatever you need to do, and you don’t have to come to me.

Yue Fei immediately understood what Zhao Ning meant. The Zhao Guan family did not want to affect Yue Fei's layout on the front line because of his personal expedition.

To put it simply: I am here to provide assists, and you, Yue Fei, can just fight well if you have nothing to do.

Yue Fei instantly felt relieved.

On the 21st, Zhao Ning arrived in Zhaozhou.

Li Cui, the commander-in-chief of the army and horses in Zhaozhou, led a group of officers and went out of the city to meet the Holy Emperor. He was accompanied by Zhaozhou's civil servants, big and small.

During the Mid-Autumn Festival, the vegetation in the north is already golden, exuding a dry smell under the afternoon autumn sun.

Zhao Ning was dressed in light armor and wore a cloak woven with gold threads. He was riding on a sweaty horse and walked forward surrounded by a brigade of imperial guards.

The Imperial Guard Brigade of the Emperor is at its peak.

The Japanese troops transferred back from Jinghu also followed Zhao Ning to the north this time.

Zhang Bofen was also among them, and many veterans of the Shangdang War were still there.

They also often go to the border to change defenses.

It had been five years since I had done anything with the Jin people. I was still a little uncomfortable at first, but when I finally arrived at the border, I suddenly recalled the snowstorm in the third year of Jingkang.

"I see your Majesty, long live my emperor!"

A group of civil servants and generals were there in front.

Zhao Ning stopped, his expression was as usual, he glanced around casually and said, "Everyone is exempt from the courtesy."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"Why didn't I see Zhang Jun, deputy general manager of Zhaozhou's troops and horses?" Zhao Ning asked.

"Deputy General Zhang received an order from Commander Yue and led an army of 10,000 to Zhending for support." The speaker was Zhaozhou Zhizhou Liu Zhisheng.

"I see, then let him be."

"Your Majesty has been traveling day and night, and has been tired from traveling and traveling. Your Majesty has already made arrangements. I would like to ask Your Majesty to drive you to the palace."

"Thank you all," Zhao Ning said.

Along the way, Zhao Ning asked again: "Li Que, I have a question to ask."

"Your Majesty, please make it clear."

"How is the current situation in Zhending Mansion?" Zhao Ning asked.

"After Niu Gao defeated the gold thief and regained Zhending, the temporary battle situation of Zhending Mansion."

"Is it true that the golden thief has not been found again?"

"Not found yet."

It seems that Zong Han is still holding back!

But it should be soon. Once Zong Han knows that he, the emperor's charioteer, is going on a personal expedition, he will definitely jump out immediately and will never hold back any longer.

If Zong Han appears, Yue Fei's attack target will be much clearer, and the entire battle situation will gradually become clearer.

"How have the border troops been doing recently?" Zhao Ning asked again.

Li Que said: "I have been waiting for Commander Yue's dispatch. As soon as Commander Yue gives the order, I and the soldiers will immediately fight to the death with the Jin people!"

Zhao Ning remembered that Li Que followed Zong Ze and was promoted by Zong Ze.

This man is an upright person, and his relationship with Yue Fei should be good.

The so-called Zhaozhou military most likely refers to Zhang Jun's troops.

Of course, Zhao Ning did this deliberately when Zhang Jun was sent to the border.

The first is to be a money bag, and the second is that when the time comes to investigate and deal with the case, the target will be clear and the people involved can be caught quickly and easily.

Zhao Ning returned to his current thinking on Hebei's strategic deployment.

Yue Fei has deployed a team of troops in Zhending Mansion and a team in Zhongshan Mansion, so there will naturally be many in Hejian.

However, there were still 20,000 horses left in Zhaozhou.

Apparently considering the depth of defense, he was worried that Zong Han would use his cavalry to bypass Zhending Mansion and head south.
Chapter completed!