"Go! Go and send this battle report to Yanfu Palace so that the Supreme Emperor can take a good look at it and make him give up!"

"yes!"

In Yanfu Palace, Zhao Ji was stunned when he saw the battle report on the Eastern Front.

He didn't know that apart from Wan Yanchang, he, Zhao Ji, also had a share of the credit for the success of the Eastern Front!

After the battle report from the Eastern Front came, Zhao Ning felt that the pressure on his shoulders suddenly became much lighter.

April 18, Yanjing.

Wanyan Zongwang met Wanyan Gao.

Wanyan Gao woke up after being in a severe coma for several days.

Since then, he has been bedridden.

Seeing Wanyan Gao again, Wanyan Zongwang seemed to not recognize the person in front of him.

Wanyan Gao is even thinner, like a pile of wood.

But his eyes were still sharp, and his whole person still had that edge that made people afraid to look directly at him.

"Zong Wang, you're here."

Zong Wang greeted politely: "I know Banbo Jilie, how is your health?"

"Slowly things are getting better."

"That's great. Your Majesty sent me to greet you."

"Thank you, Your Majesty. Thank you for your support."

"Your Majesty knows everything about the front line. Your Majesty is more concerned about your health."

"Zong Wang, although our army suffered heavy losses this time, the Song army is at the end of its war effort. We must mobilize the army again to give the Song army a final blow and completely defeat all the Song Dynasty's defense lines."

Zong Wang sighed. At this time, Wanyan Gao was still thinking about destroying the Song Dynasty.

He also admitted that the Song army might be at the end of its strength at this time. As long as it raised another large army, not to mention capturing the Song emperor, it would certainly be able to greatly destroy the foundation of the Song army and push the Song Dynasty's forces back to the Yangtze River area, and Dajin could occupy the Central Plains.

But this is only possible.

This is a matter of probability. If the army is recruited again and the Song army cannot be completely defeated, the national power of Jin Dynasty will suffer an unprecedented loss.

Zong Wang also wanted to preserve his strength and conquer the Yelu Dashi and the Mongols on the grassland.

"I am familiar with Banbo Jilie, and my team in Bianjing has just received news that the Emperor of the Song Dynasty is recruiting 800,000 troops and is preparing to deploy heavy defenses in Hebei, Hedong, and Shaanxi again."

"Impossible! The losses of the Song Dynasty were greater than ours. They paid you a huge sum of money as compensation the year before last. How could they get the money to recruit troops?"

Wanyan Gao became excited: "Don't forget, the Song Dynasty had a recruitment system!"

That's the difference.

In the recruitment system, soldiers are professional soldiers who are supported by the court at money. They must provide salary, food, and other daily necessities every month.

But the Jin Army is different. The Jin Army's Meng'an Muke system is a combination of soldiers and farmers, similar to the government army system. During war, they are soldiers, and during non-war, they are farmers or hunters.

In other words, there is no need to pay salaries to the army in peacetime.

The military systems of the two countries are completely different, and the costs are also different. The Jin army dying 10,000 people and the Song army dying 10,000 people are not the same concept.

Moreover, Jin Guo’s pension is much lower than that given by Zhao Ning.

"The Song Dynasty cannot afford to raise so many soldiers. Besides, what can the newly recruited soldiers do?"

"I am familiar with Banbo Jilie. I have also found out from my detailed operations in Hebei and Hedong that the Song army is recruiting troops on a large scale. In many rivers, I saw the Song army transporting food, baggage, and rebuilding camps. These news come from

They work in different ways and they don’t know each other.”

Wanyan Gao said: "Zong Wang, you are also a good minister of the country. You should be able to estimate the losses of the Song Dynasty in the past two years. Not to mention the losses of roads in Hebei, Hedong and Shaanxi, I am afraid that the Gyeonggi Road has also been damaged.

If half of the army is already established, what can the Emperor of Song do to recruit another 800,000 troops?"

Wanyan Gao looked a little excited: "That was just a cover-up used by the Emperor of the Song Dynasty to deceive us. You should know it!"

"Although it is indeed possible that the Emperor of the Song Dynasty deliberately showed it to us, it is enough to prove their determination to fight. Don't forget, we did not cause a devastating blow to the southeastern region, the richest part of the Song Dynasty. This time, Zong

The auxiliary army was defeated and failed to enter the Huaihe River."

There are a large number of canals in the Lianghuai area that lead directly to the capital. The development of the Lianghuai area began at the beginning of the Song Dynasty. The governors of all dynasties pointed out the importance of the Lianghuai area when planning for the country.

Together with Jiangnan East Road and Jiangnan West Road, it was greatly developed in the Northern Song Dynasty.

The Song Dynasty was engaged in many external wars, but its internal governance was definitely unrivaled by few dynasties.

From 295 million acres of farmland in the early Song Dynasty to more than 700 million acres in the late Northern Song Dynasty, fertile farmland doubled, all of which relied on bureaucrats and officials.

The Song Dynasty's efforts to open up fertile land and develop water conservancy were unparalleled by any previous dynasty.

This also laid the foundation for the restoration of Gyeonggi Road during the two years of war.

"I don't believe that the Song Dynasty still has the strength to continue to resist. I want to go back to Beijing." Wanyan Gao stood up excitedly, with blue veins popping out on his forehead.

Zong Han and Zong Wang on the side quickly went to help him.

"I know that Banbo is very strong. Your body is the most important thing now."

"Zong Wang!" Wanyan Gao shouted, "The destruction of the Song Dynasty is right in front of us!"

Zong Wang said patiently: "We are familiar with Ban Bo Ji Lie. Just last year when we launched a war against the Song Dynasty, the Mongol people on the grassland elected Hebule as the Khan King!"

Upon hearing the word Mongol, Wanyan Gao fell silent, and Wanyan Zonghan on the side also fell silent.

The Mongol tribes in the Mongolian Plateau were extremely restless forces during the Liao Dynasty. The Khitans were originally nomadic people with similar living habits. They adopted one country with multiple systems and were able to suppress the Mongol people.

But in the second year of Jingkang in history, that is, the year of Jingkang's humiliation, the Mongols broke away from the Liao Kingdom and established the Mongolian Khanate, the predecessor of Mongolia.

From the beginning to the end, the Jin Kingdom was very afraid of this force on the grassland.

Now that the situation in the Song and Jin Dynasties is like this, if the grassland is in the hands of the Jin Kingdom, the probability that Wanyan Gao can continue to launch a war will greatly increase.

However, the Mongol people were restless, and the latest intelligence revealed indicated that the Song Dynasty was still recruiting troops.

Even though 800,000 people had water, the grain transport teams on the river and the rumors of recruiting troops from various places in Hebei and Hedong all proved the Song Dynasty's determination for this war.

Facing the Song Dynasty, even if the Han power in the Central Plains was truly defeated, the Jin Kingdom would inevitably suffer.

Wanyan Zongwang calmly asked a very serious question: "I know that Banbo is extremely powerful. What would happen if Yelv Dashi encourages the Mongols to move eastward at this time?"

Wanyan Gao continued to be silent, and even Zong Han continued to be silent.

The two factions that were strong in destroying the Song Dynasty fell silent at this time.

Several people were silent for a moment, and then Zong Wangcai said: "In return for Bianjing's detailed work, Zongfu on the eastern front was defeated by a man named Yue Fei, and when the remaining elite retreated, they were defeated by a Song Dynasty man named Han Shizhong from Wuqiao County.

will be defeated.”

Zong Han said: "It's just luck."

"Zong Han, my people have inquired about this Yue Fei. He joined King Qin's army in the first year of Jingkang. At that time, he was just a captain and a centurion. This time he belonged to Daming Prefecture, but for some reason he went to the Eastern Front!

"

"How many people did he bring?"

"Four thousand cavalry defeated Zongfu's army of 100,000 in a night attack."

"This man is so brave!"
Chapter completed!