"Fengtian carrier, the emperor edict said: I have heard that I have entered the Kou from the Hu Dynasty, and it has been more than 50 years now. Our division is in battle for millions, I have never heard of the expeditionary army, when the great evil, the anti-dog and sheep gathered together, in the plains and wilderness, the book is tired, the army is loud, and the cover has not been as prosperous as today since the rise of the army.

This is the life of the day. Gai Zhong is loyal to the gods, and Wei Huifu is a soldier; Ji'er is on a journey, with the heart of overcoming the enemy, trapped in battle, and not looking back. The fierce fights are repeated, and the ugly ones are defeated. Thinking of the friendship of the sharp and the sharp, there is a heavy pain of injury. So far, the time is right! However, the captivity has been exhausted, and the Fang Zhen of our army is still serving the will of fame, and it is urgent to hear of the period of annihilation. I want to be loyal and diligent, and I sigh deeply.

The heavy troops of the Qikan Jin captives gathered in Tokyo, and after repeated defeats, they were frustrated and shocked inside and outside. The people of Huining have a pointed territory, and they open up the land for hundreds of miles every day. After the hope of the clouds, the people of the people are in misery. In this case, the heroes are facing the wind, the soldiers are using their lives, the time is the personnel, the strength and weakness have been seen, the merit and the vertical success, the time will not come again, and the opportunity will be lost. Alack! I cut down Zhang, and there is no fierceness of competing people; Only to make a blessing, dare to have merit and knowledge! The loyalty of the Guardian Society is still shouldered, and the achievements of the cadres are encouraged. Admired in the training of the times, it will always have words. Zhongxing Xunye, in this move, so I hereby award, I want to know. ”

With the frequent arrival of the Song army's good news on various fronts, the Jiankang court in the Great Song Dynasty was also full of joy, even those who opposed the Northern Expedition at the beginning, but also showed a lot of joy. Zhao Chen also sent a message to all fronts to reward the officers and soldiers from all walks of life, and at the same time sent people to bring cattle and sheep and wine to various places to reward the three armies. However, because the war has not yet ended, the imperial court has not yet rewarded and promoted meritorious soldiers.

However, in the past few years, the Great Song Dynasty court has rewarded and promoted meritorious officials after every victory, and it can basically ensure that it is very fair and reasonable, so the soldiers are not worried about this. After the reward items were distributed, everyone was happy, and the morale was even higher, and for several days in a row, there were soldiers who came to Yang Yan to ask for battle, and they wanted to fight to Kaifeng Mansion immediately.

Of course, Yang Yan also wanted to take advantage of the victory to march, but the Song army had just occupied Chenzhou and Xuzhou, and it would take some time to stabilize the rule of the Song army. Moreover, the Middle Route Army was in the two battles of Xiaoshanghe and Chenzhou. Although it inflicted heavy losses on the main force of the Jin Army and achieved a brilliant victory, its own losses were not small, and it also needed to be repaired as necessary. At the same time, to the east of Chenzhou, Maozhou was still in the hands of the Jin army, and if it rashly marched, the safety of the Song army's flank would be difficult to guarantee, and if you wanted to attack Kaifeng Prefecture, you must first solve the threat of Haozhou.

Therefore, Yang Yan ordered Cao Xun to turn to Shandong, and at the same time ordered Chen Min to march and divide his troops into two routes, one to capture Taikang County in the southeast of Kaifeng Prefecture, and the other to capture Luyi County in Haozhou, in preparation for breaking through the last thousand obstacles.

However, at this time, Monk Wanyan Chen was also unsettled, and after two major defeats, Monk Wanyan Chen did not have the courage to regather his forces and fight a head-on battle with the Song army. Instead, they began to formally consider the defense of Kaifeng Prefecture. However, at that time, Ruzhou and Haozhou were still in the hands of the Jin army, so Monk Wanyan Chen still had a glimmer of hope for the current war situation, if the Jin army could hold Ruzhou and Haozhou, even if the front door was wide open, the outer defense line of Kaifeng Mansion would not be a complete failure.

And at this moment, there was news that Ruzhou was lost, and the forward forces of the Song army had been beaten to Zhongmu County, and Shi Zhan retreated to Xiangfu County to garrison. Monk Wanyan Chen finally realized that the outer defense line of Kaifeng Mansion was completely completed, although the Song Army's Eastern Route Army turned to attack Shandong with the warp, and the state was still safe and sound, but at this time, a single state of the state could not play any role as a barrier. On the contrary, it will only become the next target of the Song army. Because without the assistance of the Jin army in Shandong, relying only on the men and horses of Maozhou, it was Genmu who could not resist the attack of the Song army. Therefore, Monk Wanyan Chen ordered Shang Jingliang to give up Haozhou and return the people to Kaifeng Mansion to garrison.

This arrival was to save the Song army a lot of trouble, and the soldiers occupied Maozhou without bloodshed. And Yang Yan also immediately ordered Qi Fang and Chen Min to march from two ways and approach Kaifeng Mansion.

In this way, in less than a month, the four defensive garrisons set up by the Jin army on the periphery of Kaifeng Mansion were all broken by the Song army, and the general Wen Gusun was killed, and the loss of men and horses reached more than 50,000 people. And Monk Wanyan Chen also seized the last time to build a defense line to guard Kaifeng Mansion.

And at this moment, the Song army's Western Route Army came with exciting news.

Gao Zhen led the army to fight until Zhongmu, and Shizhan retreated to Xiangfu County, which was only more than ten miles away from Fengfu. Moreover, Monk Wanyan Chen also retreated to Kaifeng Mansion at this time. Gao Zhen knew that before Yang Yan's army did not follow up, it would be very difficult to go further, and at the same time, his own army was also rushing too forward, not only was the flank unsafe, but also he might face the army led by Monk Wanyan Chen to recapture Zhongmu. It's just that the Jin army doesn't have many garrisons in other areas other than Kaifeng Mansion, and Monk Wanyan Chen is busy building the defense line of Kaifeng Mansion, so he doesn't take care of his lone army for the time being.

However, it was not easy to capture Zhongmu, and Gao Zhen was unwilling to give up easily, and it was unrealistic to attack Kaifeng Mansion now, so it was better to solve the threat of the flank first. So he left Liu Renxian to lead the men and horses of the headquarters, first hold Zhongmu, and he and Shi Jun led the army to attack west.

From Zhongmu to the west, it is Zhengzhou. The Jin army did not have many defenders in Zhengzhou, and Gao Zhen and Shi Jun marched separately and captured Zhengzhou in one fell swoop. Then the Song army took advantage of the victory and continued westward to attack Henan Province.

The seat of Henan Mansion is the famous ancient capital of Luoyang, and it is also Xijing before the Southern Crossing of the Great Song Dynasty, on the occasion of the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, Zhao Kuangyin, Taizu of the Song Dynasty, once wanted to move the capital of Kaifeng Mansion to Luoyang.

Although Luoyang is not the most important city in the Central Plains now, it was once the ancient capital and a very important place after all, so although the Jin army transferred a large number of troops to the south, there were still more than 10,000 people stationed in Luoyang, and a large number of grain and grass materials were gathered.

When Zhao Yueru raided Kaifeng Mansion, she burned the materials stored in Kaifeng Mansion, so she transferred a large amount of grain and grass materials from Luoyang to replenish it. At present, Luoyang still has about 7,000 troops, and there is still a considerable part of grain and grass materials. Gao Zhen just wanted to seize this part of the material and use it for his own use.

Therefore, after capturing Zhengzhou, Gao Zhen personally led 15,000 men and horses, ignored other counties and towns, and went straight to Luoyang.

The defenders of Luoyang never dreamed that the Song army would turn around and attack Luoyang. I was terrified. Seven thousand men and horses may be enough to defend an ordinary state city, but it is difficult to cover the city walls even if they defend a big city like Luoyang. Therefore, when defending the city was not feasible, Liu Tao, the defender of Luoyang, led 5,000 men and horses out of the city to meet the Song army.

The Song army is now in good spirits, and the Jin army is just a second-rate man guarding the interior, and the strength is so disparity, so it is the opponent of the Song army, as a result, as soon as the two armies come into contact, the Jin army is defeated by the Song army, throwing away its armor and fleeing in embarrassment. Most of the 5,000 men and horses were destroyed. Although Liu Tao fled back to Luoyang, he was also frightened by the Song army, and no longer dared to refuse in the city, so he abandoned the city and fled overnight.

The Song army took advantage of the victory and marched and captured Luoyang. Other counties and towns in Henan Province also surrendered to the Song army, and within a few days, the entire territory of Henan Province was recovered by the Song army.

The good news reached Yang Yan. Yang Yan couldn't help but be overjoyed. Together with Zhao Yueru, she was also very excited.

Although Luoyang's current strategic position is far from being comparable to the Han and Tang dynasties, and in the battle to recover Kaifeng Mansion, Luoyang's value is not large, just to ensure the safety of the flanks, but the political significance of recovering Luoyang is not trivial, here is not only the former Xijing of the Great Song Dynasty, more importantly, the imperial tomb before the Southern Crossing of the Great Song Dynasty is located in Luoyang, where a total of seven ancestors of the Great Song Dynasty before Huizong of the Song Dynasty are buried.

Therefore, Yang Yan immediately wrote to Gao Zhen and asked him to replace himself and prepare the Five Blessings Sacrifice to sweep the mausoleum of the first emperor of the Great Song Dynasty. This must not be forgotten. At the same time, he ordered to expedite 800 miles to send this good news back to Jiankang Mansion.

After the Great Song Dynasty of Jiankang Mansion received this success, the court was also full of joy and sorrow. Because this time to collect Luoyang is different from the last time Zhao Yueru raided Kaifeng Mansion, but basically permanently recovered the former Xijing of the Great Song Dynasty. Since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, great importance to filial piety, in the era when Luoyang was occupied by the Jin army, even after the two sides signed a peace, every time the Great Song Dynasty sent envoys to worship the tomb, they had to get the consent of the Jin court before they could carry it out, so they also suffered from the difficulties of the Jin State.

After the Southern Crossing of the Great Song Dynasty, the Central Plains was in turmoil, and the mausoleums in Luoyang were destroyed by theft and excavation. In the ninth year of Shaoxing (1139), the Great Song Dynasty sent Zhao Shizhen of the Dazong Temple and Zhang Tao, the squire of the military department, as envoys to Luoyang to sweep the tomb. After coming back, the two reported to Zhao Gou: "The disaster of the Jin people, going up to the mountains, although it is destroyed, is not enough to snow this shame, and it is also revenge." ”

And now, the Great Song Dynasty has finally recovered Luoyang, as a descendant of the Zhao family, Zhao Chen can send envoys to worship the previous emperors of the Great Song Dynasty, and rebuild the tombs of the previous emperors of each generation. At the same time, several emperors who died after the southern crossing could also move to Luoyang and be buried with the ancestors. Based on this, although Zhao Chen is the emperor who ascended the throne from the vassal king, he can also be worthy of the first monarch of the Great Song Dynasty.

Therefore, when the chamberlain read this good news in the main hall, many ministers could not help but cry bitterly in the palace.

Zhao Chen immediately issued an order to reward Yang Yan again, as well as Gao Zhen, the hero of the recovery of Luoyang, and at the same time ordered people to prepare a major sacrificial ceremony to worship the ancestral temple and comfort the spirits of the previous emperors in the sky.

Later, Zhao Chen made a major decision, to drive in person, and go to the front line to watch the Song army recover Kaifeng Mansion. At the same time, I also have to go to Luoyang to sweep the tomb and worship the tombs of the ancestors of the Great Song Dynasty.

This caused an uproar in the DPRK and China, and the ministers also discussed this and held their own opinions. But this time Zhao Chen's attitude is very resolute and cannot be objected to. Han Yanzhi, Wang Yan and others also felt that the emperor's presence on the battlefield could boost the morale of the soldiers and help the Song army capture Kaifeng Mansion, so they did not object.