When you have money, things are much easier. In fact, there was no shortage of food and material reserves in the Great Song Dynasty, and in order to meet the southern invasion of the Jin army, a large number of military materials were also mobilized and prepared.

It's just that after entering the winter, the army lacks cotton clothes and felt and other cold items. For this reason, Yang Yan also wrote to the imperial court many times, asking to ensure the cold protection of the soldiers. can

However, now the financial resources are relatively sufficient, so Zhao Chen issued an order to requisition and adjust the cotton cloth in the two lakes, two Huai, and two Zhejiang areas along the Yangtze River, and ordered all garment workshops to temporarily stop their operations, and make every effort to process and make cotton clothes and felts for the military. Moreover, Empress Yue Ying also responded to Zhao Chen's will and organized the concubines and palace maids of the harem in the palace to process and sew cotton clothes together to support the Northern Expedition. And the queen took the lead, and those high-ranking officials in the court were not interesting, and they also asked the ladies in the family to sew cotton clothes. If you don't look like it, you have to do it!

As a result, ten days later, when Yang Yan and Zhao Yueru rushed to the front line again, they rushed to make more than 10,000 pieces of cotton clothes and more than 15,000 pieces of felt in the city of Jiankang Mansion alone. Among them, more than 3,000 pieces of cotton clothes were made by the palace and the ministers' homes, and more than 400 pieces of cotton clothes were made in the palace alone. Give it all to Yang Yan and bring it to the front line. In the following time, the cotton clothes and felts made from other parts of the country were also delivered to the army for use in the following period.

After Yang Yan and Zhao Yueru arrived in Ezhou, they first rewarded the three armies and rewarded the whole army for their hard work in the previous period. Then he immediately ordered to go to all parts of the border of the Great Song Dynasty to launch a comprehensive counterattack against the Jin army, and also announced that another Northern Expedition of the Great Song Dynasty had officially begun.

Although nominally, each battlefield was under the command of Yang Yan, but due to transportation reasons, Yang Yan could not really control all the battle situation, and actually commanded the battlefield from Xiangfan to Jianghuai, including the entire middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. The frontline battle on the Lizhou Road in Sichuan was commanded by Liu Hui and Yu Zongzheng, while the frontline battle on the Anxi Road in the northwest was commanded by Xin Qiji and Bi Zaiyu. The target is the Guanzhong region.

Since the battlefields of the Jin army's southern invasion were mainly concentrated on the Xiangfan and Jianghuai lines, and the Great Song Dynasty also had to do its best to ensure that these two fronts were not lost, all the major wars were concentrated in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and there were only a few small-scale conflicts in the northwest region, and no large-scale battles occurred. The Song army in the area of Lizhou Road and Anxi Road has long held their breath, looking forward to starting a war with the Jin State, and now the Great Song Dynasty has launched a full-scale Northern Expedition, so they have also rubbed their fists and sharpened their palms and showed their skills.

However, due to the rebellion in the Jin Kingdom, Yan'an Mansion was the residence of the rebel general Posa, so Yang Yan strictly ordered not to attack Yanyan Road for the time being, but focused on Qingyuan Road, Fengxiang Road and Jingzhaofu Road. On the one hand, it was to signal to Wanyan Zongzheng that the Great Song Dynasty was not an enemy of him, and on the other hand, it was also to contain Guo Xiajiao, who was stationed in Jingzhao Mansion, so that he could not divide his forces to attack the rebels. It also allows the rebels to hold out a little longer.

At the same time, Yang Yan also told Bi Zaiyu and Xin Qiji of Anxi Road that they should pay close attention to the rebellion process of the Jin State, and they could make their own decisions, make an agreement with the rebels, and provide the rebels with certain support, and when necessary, they could send troops to help the rebels. This ensures that the rebels can hold out longer.

Therefore, in the northwest battlefield, the Song army led by Bi Zaiyu on Anxi Road and Lizhou West Road sent troops from Lanzhou and Weizhou respectively to attack Deshun Prefecture, Zhenrong Prefecture, Huanzhou, Qingyang Mansion and other places, while Meng Zongzheng led the Song army on Lizhou East Road to send troops from Jinzhou and Xingzhou to attack Fengxiang Mansion and Shangzhou, forming a flank attack on Jingzhao Mansion. The two Song armies were surrounded on three sides and attacked the entire Guanzhong region.

The total strength of the armies of Lizhou Road and Anxi Road exceeded 200,000, and with the addition of civilian service, there were 500,000 people, which was also the largest force gathered by the Great Song Dynasty in the northwest since the Battle of Song, Jin, and Fuping.

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At the same time that the Song army launched an offensive in the northwest region, it also launched a full-scale attack on the Jin army on the front line of Xiangfan and Jianghuai.

On the front line of Xiangfan, the Song army divided its troops into two routes, Yong Shijun led the army to attack Dengzhou, and Liu Renxian led the army to attack Tangzhou. Liu Fuwu led his army into Caizhou and approached Yuncheng. And on the JAC line. Gao Zhen led the army to attack Suzhou, Cao Xun led the army to attack Pizhou, the offensive was in full swing, and Yang Yan sat in the whole army, responding to all walks of life for the general. The total number of troops invested exceeded 300,000, and more than 500,000 civilian servants were used.

The Song army's offensive on all fronts was very smooth, and in less than ten days, good news came frequently, and Dengzhou, Tangzhou, Suzhou, Pizhou and other places were captured one after another, and the situation was very good for a while.

However, of course, Yang Yan knew that this was not that the Jin army was vulnerable, and after the rebellion in the Jin State, Yijing did not have enough troops and precision to deploy the whole line, so he could only choose to shrink the defense and form a defensive front with Kaifeng Mansion as the core. And it can also cause the Song army's battle line to lengthen and increase the difficulty of logistics supply. After quelling the rebellion, try to launch a counterattack against the Song army.

Therefore, Yang Yan sent an order to the armies and warned the generals that the victory in the previous period was just the reason why the Jin army deliberately retreated, and the strength of the Jin army was still there, and the enemy should not be underestimated, and at the same time, he also moved his marshal's mansion to Caizhou as the command center of the front line.

At this time, Yang Yan received an envoy sent by Wanyan Zongzheng, expressing his willingness to form an alliance with the Southern Song Dynasty to jointly deal with Wanyan Changzhi. He also promised that after eliminating Yan Changzhi's forces, he would cede Nanjing Road, Shandong Road, Jingzhaofu Road, Qingyuan Road and Fengxiang Road to the Song Dynasty, and guarantee eternal friendship between Song and Jin.

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It turned out that after Wanyan Changzhi returned to Nanjing, he immediately sent a secret edict to Wanyan Chen to Nanjing and told him about the rebellion in Zhongdu. Only then did Monk Wanyan Chen know that there was a rebellion in the court, and he couldn't help but be very annoyed by Wanyan Zongzheng, Po Sa, Bai Yanjing and others who disregarded the overall situation, but the incident happened, and it was useless to be angry, and it was necessary to come up with a plan to deal with it as soon as possible.

After a night of discussion between the two, it was finally decided to hand over the entire defense task of Nanjing to Monk Wanyan Chen, give up the border places, organize the defense line with Nanjing as the core, and leave the generals such as Fusan Zhongyi, Pu Atong and Shi Dingyue to help Monk Wanyan Chen hold Nanjing. And Wanyan Changzhi led Shi Mo Yanshan and Pu Cha to settle down, led 30,000 horses, and rushed back to rescue Zhongdu.

After deliberating and deciding, the two immediately went their separate ways. Monk Wanyan Chen immediately began to organize men and horses and began to defend Nanjing, and Wanyan Changzhi led his men and horses to rush to Zhongdu.

At this time, Zhongdu was besieged by the rebels for more than ten days.

At this time, the rebel army was led by Wanyan Zongzheng, Po Sa, and Bai Yanjing, with a strength of about 27,800 people, and there were also two bases in Datong Mansion and Yan'an Mansion to provide grain and grass materials. The defenders of Zhongdu have more than 23,000 people, and the difference in strength between the two sides is not much, but they don't know how many rebel comrades are still hidden in the city, so Wanyan Fushou, Zhang Hu and others discussed and decided to stay in the city, closed the door without fighting, and waited for Wanyan Changzhi's rescue.

However, the length of the city wall of Zhongdu is as long as dozens of miles, with a total of nine gates, and it is also very difficult to defend. After the deliberation of Han Leming, Uyan Tuochi and others, it was decided to fill seven of the nine gates with sand, gravel and soil, leaving only two gates for entry and exit. And he sent 2,000 men and horses to each of the gates, and Han Lemin and Uyentochi each took 1,500 men and horses to inspect the gates, and to support the dangerous places at any time. Of the remaining 5,000 men, 2,000 were led by Zhang Hu to defend the palace. The government affairs of the DPRK and China were handled by Wanyan Fushou. At the same time, tens of thousands of strong people were recruited in the central capital to help defend the city.

Although there are not many defenders in the middle capital, fortunately, the city walls are very tall, generally above five zhang, and there is also the protection of the city defense river around the city. The food and supplies in the city are also very sufficient, even if it is not a problem to support it for a year.

If you want to attack a fortified city like Zhongdu, the rebels' strength is far from enough, just to fill the moat of the city wall, it took four or five days, and it also paid the price of thousands of dead. At the same time, although the rebels could concentrate their forces, they lacked a large number of siege equipment such as tower carts, so they could only rely on ordinary ladders to attack Zhongdu, and some ladders were erected, which was not as high as the walls of Zhongdu.

And most of the Jin soldiers of the defenders are loyal to the men and horses of Wanyan Changzhi, so they are also very hard, under the leadership of the two generals Han Lerming and Uyan Tuochi, the Jin army with the requisitioned Bailu on the city wall to guard, as soon as the rebels attack the city, they will shoot bows and arrows in a volley, or use rolling logs and stones to smash down, and even pour boiling water downward, in short, they do everything possible to defend the city wall.

Empress Wanyan Ruixian also took the crown prince Wanyan Chenglin to the city wall to visit the soldiers guarding the city in person to boost the morale of the defenders. At the same time, he also opened the inner house and took out silver coins to reward the soldiers. And promised a heavy reward, whether it is a soldier or a common people, as long as the enemy is killed, the reward will be ten times. Those who die in battle will be given a pension of 50 cents, and at the same time exempt from tax service for ten years. The imperial court supports his family.

Under the heavy reward, the morale of the defenders doubled, and the people who were requisitioned to defend the city were also mobilized to accumulate energy, anyway, there were also imperial court pensions who died in battle, so as long as the rebels attacked the city, the defenders and the people were all brave, guarding the city wall, and not giving an inch.

The rebels attacked for five days in a row, firstly because the siege equipment was too simple, and secondly, because the defenders were too tenacious, and there were two generals, Han Leming and Uyan Tuochi, who personally sat at the head of the city, so although Wanyan Zongzheng, Po Sa, Shi Yanjing and others did their best to supervise the battle, and although the rebels also attacked the city several times, they were all repelled by the defenders and the people. Instead, more than 6,000 troops were dismantled.

Although the soldiers and civilians in the city also lost nearly 4,000 lives. But Zhongdu still can't be attacked. And at this moment, Wanyan Changzhi's 10,000 reinforcements finally rushed back. Wanyan Zongzheng, Po Sa, Shi Yanjing and others couldn't help but be surprised, and hurriedly sent people to Datong Mansion again, and transferred another 10,000 horses to help in the battle to meet Yan Changzhi's reinforcements.