On September 21, Zhao Ning arrived in Yuanshi County.

At this time, the situation on the Western Front battlefield entered the most tense state.

All parties have begun to take action, but no one can be sure of the trajectory of each party's actions. Currently, all parties are still under continuous investigation.

Yue Fei lured Zong Han to Fenglong Mountain, but Zong Han might not actually go.

Zhao Ning has 40,000 forbidden troops under his command who are capable of conquering and fighting, which naturally requires a large amount of logistical supplies.

However, the advantage is that this is the home base of the Song Army. The northern border town has been managed for many years. As long as it is not a long-distance expedition, the logistics supplies are very sufficient.

In the morning, Zhang Shuye hurried in and said, "Your Majesty, the latest military report is that the Jin Army has sent troops from Luan City."

Zhao Ning asked: "Which direction are you walking in?"

In fact, Zhao Ning also played a little trick here.

He left 10,000 forbidden troops in Zhaozhou. As long as Zonghan's army dared to go south to Zhaozhou at this time, the war situation would immediately turn around.

Zong Han wanted to attack Zhaozhou directly, but he would definitely not be able to do so for a while.

Zhao Ning's 40,000 elite troops can fight back to Zhaozhou at any time. At the same time, Yue Fei will inevitably come from the Fenglong Mountain area.

The two Song armies surrounded the Jin army.

Zhang Shuye said: "The main force of the Jin army is heading west."

"It seems that Zong Han is currently preparing to go to Fenglong Mountain." Zhao Ning said, "But this may not be true. It may be that there are fictitious troops heading west, and the real main force is heading south to Zhaozhou."

Gao Qiu said nervously: "Then the initiative is in the hands of the gold thief?"

"No way," Zhao Ning said, "Let's stay in Yuanshi County for now and see what Zong Han wants to do next."

Gao Qiu immediately began to flatter him: "Your Majesty's holy candle shines all over the world. The gold thieves' army will be wiped out this time when they go south. Our Song Dynasty soldiers can take the opportunity to go north to Yanyun and regain their homeland. Your Majesty's name will go down in history..."

"Recover Yanyun?" Zhao Ning laughed.

Gao Qiu also laughed, and he laughed with Zhao Guan's family.

"Lieutenant Gao really knows how to joke."

Zhao Ning poured a bowl of cold water on the spot.

Gao Qiu immediately answered: "Others, I don't know if it is possible, but if it is Your Majesty, then it must be possible."

"Can you tell me how?"

"Defeat Zong Han, the Jin army will be unable to fight again, and Yan Yun will be empty. Your Majesty can take the opportunity to march northward with his army, regain his homeland, and achieve a century-old contribution to the Song Dynasty."

"Even if Zong Han is defeated, it is almost impossible to regain Yanyun now." Zhao Ning asserted.

Having been denied twice by Zhao Guan's family, Gao Qiu did not dare to brag any more.

Gao Qiu didn't know whether he could regain it, so he just took the opportunity to flatter him.

But since we are talking about this, we can't keep silent, right?

He asked bravely: "Why is this?"

At this point, Gao Qiu added something, saying: "Your Majesty, many people below are talking about this matter now, saying that after defeating the Jin army, they will go north to recover Yanyun, and they are in high spirits."

Zhang Shuye also said: "This is indeed true, and the soldiers have high morale."

"This is a good thing. Don't tell them the truth." Zhao Ning said, "In order to stimulate the fighting spirit of the soldiers, we still need to maintain confidence."

But what we say to the outside world and what we can actually do are always two different things.

"Your Majesty, I still don't understand." Gao Qiu continued to ask.

“If you don’t understand, go back and read Dialectics.”

"Yes Yes."

Zhang Shuye said: "Zong Han and Zong Wang raised their troops to go south. The Jin Kingdom will inevitably take action according to the changes in the war situation. We have no foundation in Yanyun for the time being. If we want to use our troops for an expedition, I am afraid we will make the same mistake again."

What Zhang Shuye said about repeating the same mistakes was not explained, but it actually happened in the history of the Song Dynasty.

That was during Zhao Guangyi's Northern Expedition. He spent a lot of troops in Taiyuan. He was so happy about his success that he continued the Northern Expedition to Yanyun without giving any rewards to the three armies or resting his troops. As a result, he returned with a huge defeat.

He did not dare to name Zhao Guangyi on the spot.

In fact, if the war really wants to continue, the differences among the various factions within the Jin Kingdom will be temporarily put aside and all-out mobilization will begin.

Jin Guogang was founded not long ago, and the internal mobilization system was still very complete.

As for the population within the Kingdom of Jin!

Except for the grassland area, the Jin Kingdom fully inherited the Liao Kingdom.

Official history records: There are 10.5 million people in the Liao Kingdom! There are 10.5 million people in the Liao Kingdom! There are 10.5 million people in the Liao Kingdom!

Those idle guys within the Great Song Dynasty were clamoring all day long to fight a population attrition war with the Jin Kingdom, without even understanding the enemy's most basic national conditions.

There are 5.7 million Han people in the Jin Kingdom, accounting for half of the country. After the Jin destroyed the Liao Dynasty, the Khitan population declined. However, at this time, there were about 2 million Khitans, about 1 million Jurchens, 500,000 Bohai people, and about 1 million other ethnic groups.

Ten thousand.

In addition, in the first year of Jingkang, the Jin Kingdom captured a large number of people in Hebei and Hedong and headed north.

Some people who have figured it out say that there are hundreds of millions of people in the Song Dynasty, which consumes 10 million and still has 90 million, but it can eliminate gold and make a profit.

It can only be said that some people may have a head just to show off their height, or to make eating easier.

Zhao Ning continued: "Furthermore, the internal divisions in the Jin Kingdom are serious now. Once Zong Han and Zong Wang lose, there will be a vacuum in the military and political affairs of the Jin Kingdom. Someone with real power will immediately step forward to fill this gap."

He did not continue.

There is no need to think too much about this powerful figure.

In the imperial court of the Jin Dynasty, among all the sects who were at the top level in military and political terms, only Jin Wushu was the best.

Zhao Ning's inference was correct, but he did not expect that Zhang Rong's capture of Jinzhou would intensify the internal power changes in the Jin Kingdom in advance.

On September 21, the Jin court unanimously passed a resolution to send Wanyan Wushu south to Liaoyang to fight against the Song army.

The Wushu this time was completely different from that of leading an army of 100,000 to Xuzhou in the Fourth Battle of Song and Jin Dynasties.

At that time, Wushu was considered a second-tier player at most.

Now, he appears as someone who is helping the building to collapse.

Both Zong Pan, the ambitious Zong Qian, and even Wanyan Zongjun of the Zhuhe faction temporarily put aside their respective political interests and began to support Wu Shu.

This undoubtedly gave Wushu an excellent opportunity.

Early in the morning on September 22, Jin Wushu first mobilized his personal guards.

His personal guards included five thousand iron pagodas, five thousand crippled horses, and ten thousand elite infantry.

In order to quickly sweep the Song army southward, the Jin Dynasty court unanimously agreed to give Jin Wushu another 5,000 kidnapping horses and 30,000 elite infantry, and also promised to provide 100,000 logistics troops.

Moreover, Zong Pan also gave him great power. He could mobilize all local resources anywhere according to the war situation at that time.

This means that Jin Wushu will soon become the third pole of power in the Jin Kingdom that can compete with Zong Han and Zong Wang.
Chapter completed!