Autumn in the north comes early, especially the more you go north, the colder it becomes.

Ouyang Bian's light car passed Zhengzhou, Henan, and came to Hezhong, and finally entered Yongxing Jun Road.

But what he didn't know was that through the post station, military horses kept sending urgent messages to the capital.

The messenger stepped on the fallen leaves on the ground in Bianjing and rushed into the power center of the Song Dynasty. The news conveyed shocked the power center of the Song Dynasty.

"What, Xixia invaded the country?"

"In August, the Xia people and Gengchen people attacked and surrounded Dashun City, Rouyuan Village, Liyuan Fort, Huai'an Town, Donggu Village, Xigu Village, and Yele Town. The number of soldiers was 300,000, and the number of soldiers was 200,000, and the number of soldiers was surrounded was 607 days, or one or two days.

Huan, Qing, and the former three prefectures were robbed. In August, Xinsi, Huanqing Road Chief Supervisor, Dongtou entrusted officials, Zhoumen arrived at Gao Min, Ling's commander, Guo Qing, the imperial city envoy, and the commander of the General Secretary, the third squad was appointed as Wei Qingzong and Qin Bo, and was killed by the enemy!"

Zhao Xu's hands and feet were cold, and he felt his head buzzing.

He suddenly remembered something: "Where is Ji Mo, where is Ji Mo now?"

The messenger was confused.

The big companion quickly said, "According to the itinerary, Lord Ouyang should have arrived in Hezhong Prefecture, but has not arrived in Qingzhou yet."

Zhao Xu breathed a sigh of relief, as if he was exhausted.

"Call the ministers to discuss matters."

The big companion quickly said, "Yes."

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"What, the invasion of the Western Xia Dynasty, bloody slaughter of Dashun City, Rouyuan Village, Liyuan Fort, Huai'an Town, Donggu Village, Xigu Village, Yele Town?

The chief supervisor of Huanqing Road, the entourage officials of the East Head, the commander of the General Secretary were all killed!"

Ouyang Bian was also quite shocked.

No wonder the horses along the way were in a hurry.

"Ji Mo, are we going to Gyeongju?"

Zhang Dun asked.

Zhang Dun is the helper brought by Ouyang Bian this time. In addition to Zhang Dun, there are several other people who were promoted to their side from the central bank or working group. This time he is coming to Qingzhou. If these people want to follow, Ouyang Bian also needs someone to help, so he let them come together.

In addition to Zhang Dun, there were also seven others including Wang Shao, Su Che, Hou Shuxian, Lu Bing, Wang Ruyi, Zeng Kang, and Wang Guanglian.

As for Lu Huiqing, Zeng Bu and others have their own responsibilities and cannot be with Ouyang Bian.

Ouyang Bian looked at Zhang Dun: "Of course I have to go. Now that there is probably a mess, we have to clean up the mess."

Ouyang Bian accelerated the process and stopped even from Hezhong Prefecture and rushed directly to Qingzhou.

There were people fleeing everywhere along the way, and defeated soldiers ran around everywhere, looking like a mess of soldiers.

According to those who fled, the fortresses such as Dashun City, Liyuan, Rouyuan, Anjiangzhai were already in ruins.

When we arrived in Gyeongju, the gates of Gyeongju were closed tightly.

Ouyang Bian called for a long time before he put down a bamboo basket from the city wall and hung Ouyang Bian's body. After a quarter of an hour, he opened the city gate and a large number of officials poured out from it to welcome Ouyang Bian into the city.

While greeting officials from Qingzhou, Ouyang Bian observed the situation inside Qingzhou, and he couldn't help but frown secretly.

It is said that the border is poor, but Ouyang Bian thinks that Qingzhou City is the center of Qingzhou, so it should not be too poor. But along the way, the shops in Qingzhou City are withering, and you can tell at a glance that this city is very poor.

Ouyang Bian is also knowledgeable. He has traveled so many places between the Southeast and Bianjing, but he has never seen such a poor city.

It seems that the years of war has completely destroyed the economy here.

Officials in Qingzhou were very welcome to Ouyang Bian's arrival and did not have any hostility.

Maybe I think Ouyang Bian is just here to gilt, so it would be better to have a good relationship.

After all, a pride of heaven like Ouyang Bian is probably gilded, and after returning, he will probably mention the "Why Cabinet Bachelor" and so on.

Then, I will take charge of a certain department for a few years, and then transition to the four heads, and I will become the prime minister.

For such people, if you don’t have a good relationship, you have to offend them. You either have a pitfall in your mind or are kicked by a donkey.

Therefore, the officials in Qingzhou were not hostile, but also were too diligent, sending Ouyang Bian to the government office and then asking Ouyang Bian to go to the banquet in the evening.

Ouyang Bian naturally would not refuse such an opportunity to communicate with each other. He needs to know more about some of the situations in Qingzhou City.

However, just after the war, the officials in Qingzhou were a little absent-minded. The dinner was not too enthusiastic and the people were distracted. Ouyang Bian didn't care. He tried to deal with each other and then exposed it. He looked familiar with each other.

However, the people who came later made Ouyang Bian have some understanding of the current situation on Huanqing Road.

The person who came was the general of Rouyuan Fortress. There was a general guarding the four fortresses in Qingzhou, Dashun City, Liyuan, Rouyuan, and Anjiang Village. The person who came was the general who guarded the Rouyuan Fort, named Yu Shun.

Yu Shun was still a little scared about this war: "This time, Xixia almost shone out in the country, with about 200,000 people.

They sent troops to surround Dashun City, Liyuan, Rouyuan and Anjiang Village, so that we dared not leave the city.

Then the rest of the troops crossed the fortress and entered the mainland to loot. Gao Dujian, Wei and others happened to inspect outside and were blocked, so they were brutally massacred.

This battle, Xixia has wiped out more than 100 miles of Huanqing Road. After the looting, it has withdrawn. It is estimated that the court will send people here later, and this time it has passed.

But this mess is not easy to clean. The places that were previously prosperous are now in ruins!”

Ouyang Bian nodded: "There are no losses in the four forts in Dashun City, Liyuan, Rouyuan, and Anjiang Village?"

Yu Shun nodded: "No, although we can't resist it, there is still no problem in defending the city. There are few people in Xixia and will not consume people in the siege."

Ouyang Bian nodded.

There was a Hengshan Mountain between the Western Xia, but Hengshan Mountain was in the hands of the Western Xia, so the Western Xia took the initiative. The Song Dynasty had no danger to defend and could only build a castle as a defense line.

Dashun City and Rouyuan City were both built by Fan Zhongyan during the Qingli period. It was with these castles that the Song Dynasty had a foundation for its foothold.

However, the range of control that the castle can be too small and the border line is too large, so the Xixia army can siege the city so that the defenders in the city dare not leave, and the Xixia army enters the mainland to plunder.

This time it was like this, but it does not mean that these castles have no effect. If there were no such castles, the Xixia army would dare to march straight in. With these castles, once the Song army cut off their retreat, they could be wiped out in the mainland.

In the past, the Western Xia army often harassed the Song Dynasty in this way, but this time it was rare to invade the country, but even so, it only raged for a short period of time and immediately retreated.

For Xixia, plundering was their purpose. If they were caught in a long-term attack, their domestic economy would not be able to bear it first.
Chapter completed!