As soon as the emperor arrived, everyone became excited.

The commander of Tianwu's first military compartment was Zhang Shuye's eldest son Zhang Bofen. He was dressed in heavy armor and got off his horse.

"See Your Majesty!"

"No need to be polite."

Zhao Ning glanced around and saw that the Tianwu Army, the Dragon Guard Army, the Divine Guard Army and the Japanese Army were all in formation.

These are the upper four armies of the Forbidden Army of the Song Dynasty.

Since the middle and late Song Dynasty, the Central Forbidden Army rarely participated in wars.

In order to prevent the local area from getting bigger, the Song Dynasty spared no effort to implement the recruitment system. What can really be defeated is the border army.

For example, the Shaanxi armies.

The Upper Fourth Army also declined during the Huizong era of Song Dynasty.

After guarding Tokyo last year, Zhao Ning established the Military and Political Council, reopened the military law for the Fourth Army, rectified military affairs, drilled day and night, and stationed troops on the banks of the Yellow River.

Seeing these people, Zhao Ning felt reassured and said loudly: "Everyone, the golden thief is here again. What should we do this time?"

Zhang Bofen was the first to shout: "Fight to the bitter end!"

The rest of the people immediately followed suit and shouted: "Fight to the bitter end!"

The sound waves were like a tsunami, rolling along the Yellow River.

Is this elite?

This is the elite!

What is Elite?

Military discipline is strict, morale is like a rainbow, and those who dare to fight to the death are the elite divisions.

What is the difference between the new army of the Song Dynasty and other armies today?

It's actually very simple, military law is different.

Zhao Ning abolished the "Class Law" in the New Army.

The "Class Law" is one of the military laws of the Song Dynasty, which stipulates specific and detailed identity attributes for each level of the army.

The "Class Law" of the Song Dynasty had a very obvious feature: officers of any rank could insult soldiers at will.

Even if it was the officer's fault, the soldiers had to accept the humiliation and were even deprived of their right to appeal.

In contrast, the Jin Army is completely different.

In the Jin Army's system, except for having command authority during battles, officers are basically equal at other times.

Equality is embodied in food, clothing, and personal dignity.

It is precisely these things in the army that can give soldiers a sense of belonging.

This is also the reason why there are a large number of Han people in the Jin army, and their fighting power is also very powerful.

This is also the fundamental reason that supports the Jin Army's successive victories, the foundation of an army, and the foundation of the military soul.

Just like when Wu Qi endured hardships with his soldiers, Wei soldiers were able to sweep through all the countries.

The military deficiencies of the Song Dynasty in the past were all abolished by Zhao Ning in this new army.

Therefore, the current Shangsi Army can be called an elite division.

The sound lasted for a while and then slowly subsided.

The emperor was riding on the horse. He looked calm and his eyes were calm, and continued: "You are an army tempered by the flames of war. Each of you has participated in the defense of Tokyo City!"

"You are a glorious army!"

"Last time, we were guarding in the city. This time, how about we cross the Yellow River north and fight the Jin army head-on to the death?"

The thundering sound rang out again: "Fight to the death! Fight to the death!"

"I am with you."

The seventh day of November, Fucheng.

Wanyanchang has launched a continuous offensive for half a month, but Fucheng is as solid as a rock.

This small city is only two feet high (about six meters), so it should be easy to conquer even with a simple ladder.

Half a month ago, Yue Fei used a simple ladder to attack Yang Jin for less than half a day, but Yang Jin fell.

Wanyanchang had been attacking for more than half a month, but he still couldn't take it down.

Only then did he realize that he had encountered a problem in the small city of Fucheng.

But he did not dare to pass the news to Wanyan Zongfu at this time.

If we were to besiege Fucheng, we would not be able to defeat the city within a short while, and it would also waste the opportunity to fight.

So on the seventh day of November, Wan Yanchang decided to bypass Fucheng and launch an all-out attack on the Yongjing Army.

Twenty thousand Jin troops immediately advanced to Wuqiao County.

It was impossible to attack Fucheng, but it was not difficult to attack Wuqiao County. It only took Wan Yanchang three days to conquer Wuqiao County.

Then he rushed all the way towards Dongguang County, becoming unstoppable among the Yongjing army.

At this time, Wanyan Zongfu's 100,000-strong army also defeated the Song army's defense on the Yellow River, and the entire army advanced into Cangzhou.

After entering Cangzhou, Wanyan Zongfu immediately surrounded the city of Cangzhou, and the next day, he launched a full-scale siege of Cangzhou.

The mighty army followed the goose carts and ladders and clung to the city wall, so dark that it seemed as if it was about to collapse the city wall.

The siege lasted for a full day, but ended in vain!

Cangzhou City is administratively subordinate to Hejian Prefecture and is not an important town in the Song Dynasty. Logically speaking, it should not be difficult to capture.

Wanyan Zongfu, who was full of confidence, came with the power to flatten the mountains and wanted to overthrow the entire Hebei East Road.

But in the first battle, I encountered a tough opponent.

In the next half month, Wanyan Zongfu launched a continuous offensive against Cangzhou City, sending soldiers who were good at fighting on the city wall one by one, as if he wanted to forcefully crush the small city with his numbers.

After half a month of strong siege, Cangzhou City is still standing there!

Wanyan Zongfu was so angry that he jumped up and down. Finally, he had to turn around and point his spear at the surrounding walled city.

However, he suddenly discovered that the surrounding fortresses were each more resistant than the last.

Although the defenses of these cities were not as complete as those of Cangzhou City, the Song armies who fought were more capable than the last.

Nearly a month has passed since entering Cangzhou on October 19th and November 17th. Those fortified cities were indeed captured, but the Jin army also suffered a lot of losses.

Attacked Cangzhou City, lost 8,000 people, to no avail!

They attacked the surrounding fortresses and lost 4,000 people.

This result was simply unacceptable to the Jin Kingdom.

After all, the main city of Cangzhou is still standing there fine.

After knocking down the surrounding fortresses, Wanyan Zongfu went back to besiege Cangzhou again and cut off all food routes in Cangzhou in an attempt to put pressure on Cangzhou from a psychological level.

Then attack with all your strength several times.

Still no result!

Even several times, the Jin army attacked the city and was about to take control of the city, but was driven back by the Song army.

Wanyan Zongfu's ambition to defeat the Song Army on the Eastern Front before December was obviously impossible to realize.

At this time, there are two paths before Wanyan Zongfu:

First, continue the siege and resolutely capture Cangzhou.

As long as Cangzhou is captured, Li Gang can be captured alive. Once Li Gang is captured, the morale of the Song Army on the eastern front will be greatly damaged, and it will collapse on its own without a backbone.

Second, bypass Cangzhou and go directly south.

Go south and enter the land of Qilu.

Not every place is as solid as Cangzhou.

However, bypassing Cangzhou Wanyan Zongfu must bear risks.

When Wanyan Zongfu dared to fight south, the Song army dared to build up defenses on the northern front again, block the Jin army's way back north, and use the huge resources and depth of the interior to consume the Jin army.

Wanyan Zongfu thought over and over again and chose to avoid Cangzhou.

This is what he thought. Since Cangzhou cannot be chewed, he will let it go for now.

As for the risk, Wan Yanchang still has 30,000 troops in the Yongjing Army, leaving him here to slowly chew down the Song Army's eastern defense.
Chapter completed!