Outside the city of Kaifeng Mansion, the camp set up by the Song army stretched for more than ten miles, and it was difficult to see the end at a glance. And at this moment, in the middle of the camp, on a towering flagpole, a bright yellow flag several feet long is slowly rising, embroidered with a five-clawed dragon, waving in the wind, as if ready to fly.

The soldiers of the Song army all faced the direction of the yellow dragon flag and shouted in unison, "Long live, long live." "The sound reverberated through the sky, and it could be heard clearly from miles away.

At this time, under the banner, Zhao Chen, the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, wore a golden helmet and golden armor, wore a bright yellow robe, wore a curved bow on the left, wore a long sword on the right, wore a military uniform, rode a high-headed horse, accompanied by the minister of civil and military affairs, and walked to the golden-topped imperial tent that had been built for him.

It turned out that after Zhao Chen decided to drive the expedition in person, the ministers of the court immediately began to prepare for the plan, and everyone discussed and decided that the ministers who went out together were Han Yanzhi and Wang Yan, and sent 50,000 troops to escort them, led by Li Xianzhong, who was in charge of the official affairs of the palace.

However, this time Zhao Chen personally conquered and did not set up a palace on the front line, so the official documents from all over the country were still sent to Jiankang Mansion, and the ruling ministers headed by Zhao Ruyu were referred to and handled. Because there were two ruling ministers with Zhao Chen this time, Chen Liang and Chen Lianghan were specially selected to temporarily enter the political hall to make up for the number of ruling ministers.

Generally speaking, the emperors of the Great Song Dynasty would not go to the front line in person, but only sat at a later position on the front line. Therefore, Han Yanzhi, Wang Yan, Li Xianzhong and others discussed and set up a temporary station in Caizhou, and the emperor's entourage was stationed there to remotely command the battle, perhaps one step in advance, to Chenzhou or Xuzhou. But Zhao Chen thought that this was too negative, and insisted that he must go to the first-line military camp to sit in the town, and the ministers couldn't persuade him, so he had to go all the way north to Yang Yan's camp in Lincai Pass.

Lincai Pass is less than thirty miles north of Kaifeng Mansion, and it is closer to Kaifeng Mansion than Zhuxian Town, where Yue Fei marched back then. Here, you can almost look away from the outer defense line of the Jin soldiers guarding Kaifeng Mansion. It was also the main route for the Song army to attack Kaifeng Prefecture, where 60,000 troops were stationed. And there were many skirmishes between Yijing and the outposts of the Jin army.

Yang Yan had already received the news that Zhao Chen would come to his camp in person, and Yang Yan did not object to Zhao Chen's personal expedition, but on the contrary, he was very supportive. For the current Great Song Dynasty, the emperor's martial arts is not a bad thing. And in Yang Yan's opinion, the war has developed to this point, and it is not very difficult to capture Kaifeng Mansion. Therefore, the imperial tent was also set up in the camp and waited for the arrival of the emperor's party.

Everyone turned over and dismounted together, hugged Zhao Chen, and walked into the imperial tent. Then Zhao Chen sat in the center, and after everyone finished worshipping, they took their seats. On the left side of Zhao Chen is Yang Yan, the chief general of the Northern Expedition of the Song Army, and on the right is Han Yanzhi, the prime minister of the current dynasty who accompanied Zhao Chen on the expedition. The other accompanying officials and the main generals of the Song army were listed according to the shift. Listen to the Emperor.

Zhao Chen got up and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, since Jingkang, my Great Song Dynasty has been deceived by Jin Yu, plundered my two saints to hunt in the north, robbed me of half of the country, occupied my mausoleum, made my ancestors blind, captured my people, and displaced the people. All the people of the Song Dynasty will never forget this humiliation! Now my Great Song Dynasty went out of the Northern Expedition, fortunately by the diligence of the king, the three armies of life, the banner to the momentum is like a bamboo, to recover the lost land before the shame, this is the work of the soldiers. Now that Jin Yu has been defeated repeatedly, he is sharp and depressed, and he looks at Tokyo again, and he has seen his strength and weakness. ZTE's great cause, in one fell swoop. I also hope that all Aiqing will do their best to revitalize the court and practice the hope of the land, and save the people from suffering. In the future, the Lingxiao Pavilion will go down in history, and all generations of descendants will be blessed. ”

When the generals heard this, they were all excited, and they said in unison: "The ministers must do their best to repay the court." ”

Zhao Chen nodded, and said: "Although I personally fought in front of the battle, I am not the main general of the whole army, so Yang Aiqing is still fully responsible for the affairs of the army. I will not interfere. If anyone dares to disobey military orders in everything, even the people and horses I brought will be dealt with by Yang Qing in accordance with military law, and will not be tolerated. ”

When they heard this, they were all greatly relieved. There is an important reason why the vast majority of people do not like the emperor to drive the imperial expedition in person, that is, they are worried that the emperor will arbitrarily interfere with the command of the front-line generals because of his own likes and dislikes, and the result will not only fail to boost the morale of the soldiers, but will cause the government decrees to not be unified, and even the command will be chaotic, causing chaos.

Zhao Chen naturally understands this truth, and he has absolute trust in Yang Yan's ability and personality, and he also knows that he is still a layman in terms of marching and fighting, so he affirmed from the beginning that Yang Yan's orders are still subject to Yang Yan's orders in the army, which also reduces a lot of unnecessary trouble.

The generals claimed to drink again, and then Yang Yan assigned the generals the task, and then dispersed.

After the generals dispersed, only Zhao Chen, Yang Yan, Zhao Yueru, Han Yanzhi, Wang Yan, Li Xianzhong, Qi Fang and other people were left in the big tent, Zhao Chen asked about the current battle situation.

At present, the Song army has gathered 160,000 troops on the front line of Bianliang City, the seat of Kaifeng Prefecture. On the western front, after Gao Zhen returned from Luoyang, he sent troops from Zhongmu and stationed in Bajiao Town, which was only twenty miles away from Bianliang City. The Song army reached the farthest place and reached the Jintong Pass in the north-east of Bianliang City.

The main offensive line of the Song army was still concentrated on the west and middle roads. The western route was commanded by Gao Zhen, with a total of 50,000 horses. The middle route was commanded by Yang Yan and had an army of 70,000. In addition, Chen Min was stationed in Tianjin to clear the customs, with 20,000 horses and horses, to contain the strength of the Jin army. The rest of the people are Zhuxianzhen, Chenliu, Pangang and other places to ensure the connection between the three people.

It can be said that the Song army has now formed a three-sided siege on Bianliang City, and heavy weapons such as artillery, trebuchets, bed crossbows, tower carts, and ramming vehicles are also in place. And Zhao Chen's personal expedition brought 50,000 horses, which also greatly strengthened the strength of the Song army. Only after the next step is to distribute and reorganize these forces, you can launch an attack on Bianliang City on all fronts.

Zhao Chen looked at the map while listening to Yang Yan introduce the battle situation, and nodded incessantly, very satisfied with the current progress of the Song army. At the same time, he also said that once the war starts, he will personally go to the battlefield to cheer for the soldiers and boost the morale of the three armed forces.

Subsequently, Zhao Chen, accompanied by Han Yanzhi, Yang Yan, Zhao Yueru, Wang Yan, Li Xianzhong and others, took turns to inspect each battalion, and personally condoled the middle and low-level soldiers and encouraged them to fight hard and defeat the Jin army. At the same time, he visited the wounded soldiers in the sick camp.

Everywhere Zhao Chen went, it would cause a boiling of the Song soldiers. Because the emperor is an almost divine existence in the hearts of many soldiers, they never dreamed that in their lifetime, they would have the opportunity to see the emperor's face in person, and even hear the emperor speak to themselves. Moreover, although the emperor was young, he was kind in speech and kind in his attitude, and the excitement in the hearts of the soldiers was naturally overflowing.

However, Zhao Chen's activities could only be limited to Yang Yan's station, and for the other Song troops, he could only send Han Yanzhi and Wang Yan as representatives to comfort the local garrison. Although Zhao Chen did not go in person, it also played almost the same role, and the morale of the Song army was further improved, gradually reaching the extreme.

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At this time, in Bianliang City, Monk Wanyan Chen almost fell into despair.

After the fierce battle in the early stage, the strength of the Jin army was only about 130,000, although Bianliang City was a large city at the national capital level, but such a force was basically enough to defend Bianliang City. Moreover, after replenishment, there are a lot of grain and grass materials in Bianliang City, which is enough to support about half a year.

However, at this time, after receiving a letter from Wanyan Changzhi, Monk Wanyan Chen knew that the Jin army's plan to quell the chaos had also fallen into a great predicament. The Song Dynasty, the Mongols, and the rebels joined forces, facing the three-sided attack of more than 100,000 troops, and a person like Wanyan Changzhi, who was proficient in the art of war, could only be forced to retreat to Taiyuan Mansion to garrison. At this time, Wanyan Changzhi is not to say that he is counterinsurgent, as long as he can garrison Dayuan and ensure that Dajin's northeast is safe, it will be very good. This means that it is impossible to wait for Yan Changzhi to quell the rebellion before coming to aid Kaifeng Mansion.

Although Zhang Hu, who remained in the central capital at this time, was also trying every means to mobilize local troops, recruit civilian troops, and expand the new army, the reorganization and training of the new army would take time, and the role of the 100,000 new troops without any training on the battlefield was probably less than that of 1,000 veterans who had experienced a hundred battles. Therefore, for at least three months, Monk Wanyan Chen will now not be able to get assistance from his rear.

However, what made Monk Wanyan Chen even more painful was that he had to keep this bad news completely secret and must not leak it out. At the same time, in front of the soldiers, Monk Wanyan Chen must also pretend to be confident, and constantly comfort the soldiers, as long as they work hard to hold on, the emperor will be able to quell the traitor immediately, and then he will come to the rescue of us, and then he will be able to defeat the Song army. Even the disciples of Huining Temple like Pu Atong and Shi Zhan didn't tell them, not because Monk Wanyan Chen didn't trust them, but because after they knew the truth, they couldn't hold their breath and showed flaws in their behavior and expressions.

However, despite his despair, Monk Wanyan Chen did not become depressed, but actively arranged defenses and made reasonable use of his limited forces as much as possible. If the opponent was someone else, Monk Wanyan Chen might still have some ideas of taking the initiative and winning by surprise, but he knew that Yang Yan would not leave him any chance. Therefore, now Monk Wanyan Chen just hopes to be able to stay in Kaifeng Mansion for a longer time, and see if any miracles can happen during this period.

And at this moment, the news came that the Great Song Emperor Zhao Chen drove his own expedition to reach Yang Yan's camp, and Monk Wanyan Chen understood that the Song army was about to launch an attack on Bianliang.

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