What made Zhao Huan happy was not only the new political pattern of the Jin Kingdom was moving towards a favorable direction for the Song Dynasty. According to the latest statistics, the Jin army on Hebei Road had indeed withdrawn from the entire line.

However, what made Zhao Huan feel so painful was that the report of Zhong Shizhong was also clearly stated. The Song army on Hebei Road died as many as 50,000 and injured as many as 100,000. However, it also destroyed 20,000 elite troops in Wanyan Zongwang. Wanyan Zongwang was also waiting to go back and be dismissed.

Overall, this Northern Expedition was a tragic victory.

The reason for victory was that under the emperor's personal expedition, Hebei and Hedong Road finally had a backbone, instead of fighting each other, and Xuanfu Envoy Zhong Shidao's control over the battle situation was steady.

The reason for the tragic victory is also very simple. If you fight to the death, the quality of the army is more than a little inferior to that of the Jin Dynasty. This is the result of the long-term deflation of military power in the Song Dynasty after Taizong's Northern Expedition. Although the treasury allocated a large amount of financial resources to the military every year, few of them were actually implemented.

After all, in military wars, what is ultimately competing for the strength of the army is the strength of the army, followed by strategy and diplomacy.

For example, during the Warring States Period, no matter how many six countries resisted Qin, they would not be able to escape the end of being destroyed. A strong, reliable and loyal army was the patron saint of the country.

When Zhao Huan thought of this, his enthusiasm for developing national defense began to burn.

Fortunately, the crisis was resolved, and Zhao Huan also slept beautifully with the beauty in his arms. The next day was a bright spring day. The emperor was quite happy and planned to start preparing for the army to go north to Yanyun.

But suddenly a news came, which made Zhao Huan's beautiful mood suddenly become dark clouds.

Dangxiang took advantage of the war between the Song Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty and frequent commotion in the northwest, attacking towns in the northwest many times, burning, killing and looting countless people.

Zhao Huan slapped the table and shouted loudly: "Transfer my orders and ask Zhe Keqiu to return to the northwest quickly! Tell him that his mother would not drive the Li surnamed out and let him come to see me!"

After being angry for a while, the generals around him did not say a word. The emperor suddenly said, "Wang Kuian, you should go to the northwest with Zhe Keqiu quickly. Before going to war, you should first judge the merits of the battle with the Jin thieves! Boost morale! Do not interfere with the battle in the northwest, otherwise I will cut you off!"

Wang Kuian said tremblingly: "Abide by the order!"

"Yao Pingzhong, you have brought 10,000 troops and returned to the northwest to help! Remember, I will soon come to Shaanxi Road and destroy the Dangxiang!"

"I obey the order!"

"All the generals are ready, follow me to command Yan Yun and prove that Yan Yun restores China!"

All the generals said: "The holy emperor's merits are shaking the world, long live the Song Dynasty!"

He said he was coming to Shaanxi Road in person soon, but now the Song Dynasty is in serious internal troubles. In a few years, Zhao Huan will not come to Shaanxi. The reason why he said this was to express his opinion to the generals and tell them the emperor's determination.

Two days later, the Emperor of Song led a 100,000 army northward and entered the land of Yanyun.

In 936 AD, Shi Jingtang, the founding emperor of the Later Jin Dynasty, rebelled against the Tang Dynasty and became independent. In order to protect his small territory, he hugged the Khitans to the north and cedeed the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, causing the Khitans to move south into the south of the Great Wall. Since then, he has been looking at the Central Plains.

At the beginning of the founding of the Northern Song Dynasty, Taizu devoted most of his energy to the united war in the south and decided to pacify the rear first and then go on the northern expedition. He could not sleep in bed after drinking a drink with his younger brother at night. Since then, the Song Dynasty has changed its nature.

The same was unified in troubled times, and the famous generals gathered at the beginning of the founding of the country. The ending of the Song Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty, which later generations, was completely different when they fought against Yanyun in the northern expedition.

It can be said that the Northern Expedition of Yongxi completely determined the direction of history. Emperor Taizong of Song Dynasty was exhausted from border troubles until his destruction.

In fact, at the beginning, Emperor Taizong of Song was not in a hurry to fight. Unexpectedly, the deputy general Zhao Changyan encouraged casually, "From now on taking Youzhou, it is still a hot cake." He instantly gave Emperor Taizong a bowl of thick chicken blood. Emperor Taizong of Song slapped his head and ordered the expedition.

Such a "biao" method is just like the sad and angry sentence of the veteran Song army Hu Yanzan before the fight: This cake is hard to turn over.

Compared to his brother Zhao Kuangyin, in terms of strategic layout, the water in the pond can no longer be described. It's really the water in the sea, the water is boundless.

The momentum of forcing the Song army to divide into three groups is right. At the beginning, the elite Liao army was throwing out armor.

But his mother, the emperor, like the little girls in later generations, felt insecure, and everything was in his own hands. Every army must arrange a eunuch as the military supervisor, and the eunuch was all in charge of the commander.

This is nothing, I'm so happy. This guy likes to build formations, hides in the car all the way to study various formations, and asks the commanders to the commanders to strictly follow his formation, otherwise you will be fucking against the order.

So this happened. There was a small path ahead that could drive straight into the rear of the enemy and reach high terrain to dive into the enemy, causing mass killing, but it could not be implemented because this road was not in the emperor's plan.

A general asked why this was. The commander could only say that His Majesty personally ordered, and those who violated the order would be killed!

What's even more awesome is that the Song army surrounded Youzhou and the siege troops changed every two days. Song Taizong's willful personality was like a woman changing clothes!

Let’s look at the Ming Taizu’s Cowboy’s expedition. In order to expedite the northern expedition, they first cut off the main bases of the left and right wings of Henan and Shandong, cleared obstacles, and pushed resources to these two places as bases. It can be said that they were taking every step forward, taking advantage of the advantages of the Grand Canal, and heading straight into Dadu.

Even if a pseudo-Yuan reinforcements came from Hebei, the cowherd waved his hand and said, "Don't let the capital be killed." This made the pseudo-Yuan reinforcements have to turn back halfway and be beaten by the Ming army that had been waiting for the rabbit.

Emperor Taizong of Song Dynasty's self-satisfaction and willfulness ruined the entire Song Dynasty's military elites in the Northern Expedition of Yongxi, resulting in the Khitan standing firmly in the 16th week of Yanyun, like a sharp sword hanging over the head of China in the Central Plains. After that, it was not until the Northern Expedition of Niuwa that she recovered the place!

Zhao Huan took the imperial command of the emperor and headed north from Taiyuan. The Song army was divided into two routes, with an emperor on the left side, and the right side Zhong Shizhong went north from Hebei and led his troops in Youzhou, the hinterland of Yanyun. Along the way, the people cheered the royal army to head north.

Historical books record: In the first year of Jingkang, the emperor inherited the aspirations of Taizu, and the king's army was 100,000, and Yan Yun was restored to Youzhou!

The news that the Emperor of the Song Dynasty personally brought 100,000 elite troops to Youzhou reached the Jin Dynasty. For a time, the savages in the Jin Dynasty were in a state of mind. Some people boldly speculated that the Emperor of the Song Dynasty might be attacked by the Jin Dynasty's border, and the troops in the south of the Jin Dynasty began to gather quickly.

If there were no peace faction like Wanyan Zongpan in the court, the war faction would have jumped up, and the two armies would have had another battle.

After staying in Youzhou for two days, Zhao Huan was filled with emotion for a moment. Youzhou was Yanjing of the Liao Kingdom, and the capital of later generations. It was an ancient city with a very strategic position. It belonged to China as early as the Zhou Dynasty.

Only by occupying Youzhou can we resist the nomadic peoples in the north and control the Korean Peninsula well.

Liu Yanzong and Zong Shidao proposed to the emperor that they would establish a military town in Yanyun as soon as possible. Just in case, the original military towns of Hebei and Hedong will remain unchanged for the time being until Yanyun towns have gained their foothold. Hebei and Hedong can then serve as rear supply transfer stations on the northern front.

Zhao Huan strongly agreed with the proposals of Liu Yanzong and Zong Shidao. Now that the border line of the Song Dynasty is moving to the north, it is natural that adjustments are needed.

In view of this time, Zhong Shizhong was responsible for leading the Hebei Army, and Zhong Shizhong was appointed as the General Inspector Yanyun and Yao Gu as the Deputy General Inspector, and ordered him to hand over a strategic plan in half a month. After half a year, Yanyun's land must grow into a military center for the protection of the country in the northern part of the Song Dynasty!
Chapter completed!