Losing Taiyuan formed a real shock wave. Zhao Xu, who had already reached Shouzhou on the edge of the Huai River, heard the news and quickly seized the time to cross the Huai River, but was still uneasy. He rushed to Yangzhou day and night, leaning on the Yangtze River, and then he breathed a sigh of relief. After all, crossing the natural danger of the Yangtze River was truly escaping from the threat of Xixia.

However, when he was staying in Yangzhou, Zhao Xu burst into tears when he heard that Zhending Mansion was also captured.

When Zhending Prefecture fell, Hejian Prefecture did not dare to defend it. The Song army in Hejian Prefecture quickly moved south to retreat to Xingzhou to avoid being blocked by Wang Shao in Hejian Prefecture and could not get out.

In fact, it was not only the defenders of Hejian Prefecture, but also Li Xian from Luoyang was shocked.

Li Xian immediately ordered the defenders of Xingzhou, Dezhou, Xiangzhou, Longde, Daming and Qizhou to firmly defend, otherwise once these places fell, Luoyang would be in danger and Bianjing would be in danger!

Without Youyan, there is no danger in the north.

If you lose the sixth road in Shaanxi, you can't defend the west side.

The reason why Zhao Xu ran so fast was because he could already drive straight in both directions in the northwest. If the Song army was strong enough, it would not matter, but the Song army could not fight now. Zhao Xu knew this deeply and would be captured alive if he didn't run away quickly.

Li Xian actually knew this, and he was still insisting on it, but because Zhao Xu had not crossed the Yangtze River, he couldn't run away so quickly, otherwise his head would be chopped off when he went back.

The Zhao family was kind to literati, but they were not ruthless to military generals and eunuchs.

Moreover, Li Xian was also gambling, he was betting that the people of Liao would not stand by and watch the fun.

The Xixia people swallowed the Sixth Road in Shaanxi not long after they were still coveting Hedong Road and Hebei West Road. They were about to swallow Bianjing, which was a great excitement for the Liao people.

On the one hand, the Liao people were also envious of the southern flower world for a long time, but they had never fought back then.

On the other hand, a weak Song Dynasty was occupied by the fierce Xixia, which poses great threat to the Liao Kingdom.

The Western Xia was different from the Song Dynasty. Although the Western Xia countries before were small, they were the most fierce among the three kingdoms of Liao, Song and Xia. If it were not for the small territory, too few people, and the economy was in a recession, the Western Xia would have become a major concern for the Liao and Song dynasties.

Before, Xixia could fight but its national strength was weak, which caused great trouble to the two countries. Now Xixia not only swallowed up the fertile land of Shaanxi Sixth Road, but also occupied more prosperous places such as Hedong Road, Hebei West Road and Jingji Road. At that time, Xixia's national strength will increase greatly and it will be difficult to deal with.

Therefore, for the Liao Kingdom, if it does not intervene at this time, and if Xixia completely swallows these places and rests for ten or eight years, the Liao Kingdom will also become the target of Xixia.

Li Xian guessed correctly. Liao is the kind of unreasonable and even making a big fuss, not to mention that Xixia is now fighting on the border of Liao, and is about to swallow the capital of the Song Dynasty, which makes Liao suppress it.

Wang Shao ordered people to seize the time to take over Taiyuan City and Zhending Mansion's defense. While sending envoys to communicate with the Liao Kingdom, he seized the time to take down Hejian Mansion.

On February 2nd, the dragon raised his head, and Wang Shao officially entered Hejian Prefecture and removed the last fortress of the Song army. Only then did he feel relieved.

After taking down Hejian Mansion, his left army was able to reach the beach. With the support of seaside supplies, he did not have to worry about the food outlet being cut off.

Wang Shao took Hejian and immediately sent people to the beach to connect with the people of the Ocean Group. His next task was to defend Hejian Prefecture, Zhending Prefecture and Taiyuan Prefecture, and be prepared to fight the Liao army at any time.

At this time, his mission has been temporarily completed. If the Liao Kingdom dares to invade, he will continue to fight. If the Liao Kingdom does not fight, he will just watch it.

Next, we will see the middle army and the right army.

In fact, before taking over Hejian Prefecture, Zhong Yi's middle army had already begun to attack.

At the same time, Di Hu's army also began to move, but he did not attack Xiangzhou, but went east to attack Tangzhou.

When Li Xian from Luoyang City heard the news, he was so scared that his hair stood up. If Tangzhou was lost, Di Hu could attack Caizhou and then Yingzhou. In other words, Di Hu might occupy all the cities on the Huai River.

What does this mean? It means that Li Xian's army's retreat to the south was cut off!

Not only that, if Di Hu sends troops to Yingchang again, it will be like a dagger stabbing towards Luoyang.

Luoyang can’t be guarded anymore!

Li Xian was already panicked.

When Zhao Xu heard that Di Hu's troops were advancing along the Huai River, he quickly crossed the Yangtze River and headed towards Hangzhou.

At the same time, he ordered Li Xian, the remaining imperial guards of Bianjing, and Yingtian, to retreat to the front line of Shouzhou and Yingzhou at the same time, and to resist Di Hu's troops in Caizhou to continue to go east, protect this retreat, and leave time for left-behind officials, landlords, large families, and wealthy families in the area north of the Huai River to retreat to the south.

With this order, the imperial guards from all over the country were as if they had obtained treasures. They had long wanted to run away, but if there was no order, they would be deserters. But with this order, they would run away without psychological burden.

Before the order, the Song army fought and ran away. After the order, the Song army ran away with their heads in their arms.

The generals of the Song army knew very well that they were about to run away at this time because they knew what kind of fellow colleagues were. If they ran slowly, they might be trapped in the encirclement.

Isn't there such a fable? I don't need to run faster than a tiger, but as long as I run faster than a companion, I don't have to die.

So a strange scene appeared. The Song army in the area north of the Huai River ran faster than the officials, landlords and civilians. Zhong Yi almost followed the Song army to receive the territory and intercept officials, landlords and civilians.

These people can't let them run away.

Not to mention the scarcity of officials and the importance of population, even landlords are worth keeping, because the landlords cannot take away their land, but they can take away their cash.

If these can be intercepted, it will be a great benefit for Xixia.

So Zhong Yi did not consider taking steady steps and directly attacked Bianjing City, but did not stop, and captured Yingtian and Xuzhou, and continued to cut off the road to the south.

The eunuchs cannot be stopped from the imperial guards who fled in a hurry, but officials and civilians must stay to build the Daxia.

Seeing this, Ouyang Bian immediately issued an order to launch a general attack in an all-round way, driving out all the remaining forces of the Song Dynasty north of the Huai River, using the Huai River as the line, with the Daxia to the north and the Song Dynasty to the south.

Di Hu's troops immediately attacked Caizhou, and after taking Caizhou, they rushed straight to Yingzhou.

All the Song army north of the Huai River were driven to Shouzhou and Chuzhou. Hundreds of thousands of troops were crowded on the edge of the Huai River from Shouzhou to Chuzhou, clamoring to grab ships to prepare to cross the river.
Chapter completed!