Rebirth: Overthrow Song Dynasty

In the night, the Song army was still attacking the city.

But at this moment, except for the soldiers who attacked the city, two-thirds of the soldiers were resting.

Under the city of Zhongjing, there are many camps. In the very center of the tents in the north, there is the largest tent here.

The soldiers had rested, but this tent was brightly lit, and the other ten tents around were also lit.

This is the camp where the staff headquarters is located, and countless soldiers are entering and leaving it.

Zhao Chen, Qu Duan, Yue Fei, Li Xianzhong and others are currently in the middle tent, and Kang An is reporting the latest news from the Intelligence Department.

"Your Majesty, generals, our spies have returned from Yelu Dashi's army! According to estimates, Yelu Dashi has now reached the Zhaozhou area, and they are still nearly two thousand miles away from Shangjing, and even farther away from Zhongjing." Kang An said.

"Yelu Dashi just walked there." Zhao Chen was slightly taken aback.

Zhaozhou is probably located in the area of ​​Ulaanbaatar in later generations. In this era, it was also a city built by the Khitan people! It can be said that there was once the northern frontier of the Khitan people! In the vicinity of Ulaanbaatar in later generations, there are Zhaozhou, Zhenzhou, Weizhou, Fangzhou and other places, and the north of these places is the territory of the Mongols.

"Yes, Your Majesty! According to our spies' report, Yelu Dashi didn't just bring back the army, he also brought more than 200,000 Khitans back from the north. They even drove cattle and sheep, so the speed was very slow. " Kang An said.

"Oh." Zhao Chen was taken aback for a moment, and the generals beside him were also extremely surprised.

"When the Liao Kingdom fell, Yelu Dashi led tens of thousands of cavalry to the north. They first joined the Khitan tribe in the north, and then went north together. Now it seems that Yelu Dashi brought back all the Khitan people who had been taken away." Kang Kang Ando.

Qu Duan, Yue Fei and the others were all thinking about this matter carefully, while a faint smile appeared on Zhao Chen's face.

Yelu Dashi is a great talent of a generation. After the fall of the Liao Kingdom, this person continued to struggle in the distant Central Plains and even established Xiliao! Xiliao was also very powerful in history, and lasted for more than a hundred years. At that time, countless Turkic countries in the Central Plains, including the famous Huacizimo, were all vassal states of Xiliao! Zhao Chen originally regarded Yelu Dashi as an important enemy, but now that Yelu Dashi has brought all the Khitans back from Central Asia, he can be taken down in one fell swoop, and from now on the Khitans will no longer be a disaster .

"Where are the Mongols now?" Yue Fei asked sharply.

"The Mongols have passed through Mount Buhei, and they are not far from Shangjing," Kang An said.

Buhei Mountain is probably located in the southwest of Daxingan Mountains, which is only three hundred miles away from Shangjing.

"Has the specific military strength of the Mongols been investigated clearly?" Yue Fei asked.

"Their strength is about 170,000 to 80,000." Kang An said.

"So much?" Yue Fei was slightly surprised.

According to the estimates of the General Staff Headquarters, the Mongols' strength would not exceed 100,000, but now this number has far exceeded their expectations.

"General Yue, this is the information I just received an hour ago! The Mongols not only went south this time, but also soldiers and horses from the Kelei Ministry!" Kang An said.

"It's so, then our battle plan must be changed!" Yue Fei said.

"General Yue, the General Staff Headquarters is already discussing countermeasures! We called all the generals to discuss countermeasures together! Although the Mongolian army has reached 170,000 to 80,000, there is still a huge gap with us! Our three major military regions The total force is close to 600,000, and we only need to leave more than 100,000 in the Zhongjing area, and the rest of the force can go north to wipe out the Mongolian barbarians!" Qu Duan said.

"Not bad." Yue Fei nodded.

Zhao Chen has been listening by the side. Although the strength of the Mongols was unexpected, Zhao Chen still had full confidence in the battle to the north. All the famous generals of this era are concentrated here, and the military system of the Song Army is far more advanced than this era. In addition, the emperor personally sits in the army to boost morale. It is impossible for any enemy to defeat this army. An army wiped out!

Hundreds of staff officers from the Operations Department of the Staff Headquarters conducted analysis in different tents, and the different analysis results were continuously sent to the middle tents, and Zhao Chen, Qu Duan, Yue Fei and others were also constantly discussing!

As for the siege of Zhongjing, it was handed over to Liu Kai to take charge! After two days and three nights of fighting in Zhongjing, the Song army was constantly resting and changing people, while the Jin soldiers couldn't rest at all. The army's siege experience is far better than Jurchen's! Up to now, the Jurchens in Zhongjing City have no power to fight back at all. Under such a large-scale siege battle day and night, it is already very good for them to be able to hold Zhongjing! In fact, with the strength of the Song army, there is no problem in completely capturing Zhongjing now, but they want to keep Zhongjing and use Zhongjing as a bait to attract the Khitans and Mongols.

"Your Majesty, Zhongjing City is besieged by us. The situation is so critical. Under such circumstances, once the Mongols arrive, the possibility of descending from Raozhou and Fengzhou is more than 90%! Our intelligence personnel have been lurking on the grassland for several years. Time, it can be seen that the Mongolian barbarians on the grasslands are also dismissive of the Han people in the Central Plains! They have so many troops, they will not be cautious, and they will not wait for the arrival of the Yelu Dashi! Khan Hebul Khan's disposition, this person is rough, this person is very hostile to the Khitan people, all these conditions are the reasons for our previous judgment!" The sky has already dawned, and people from the Operations Department of the General Staff Headquarters have been coming to report Research situation.

Zhao Chen nodded slightly, and Yue Fei and others were listening.

"We should go forward with 200,000 infantry to block the front of the Mongols, and then use 200,000 cavalry to bypass the two wings and surround the Mongols."

"In this way, we will use 400,000 troops, and it will be no problem to eliminate the Mongols."

"We still have more than 100,000 troops left behind in Zhongjingcheng. With the addition of 200,000 militiamen here, they can also participate in the siege battle! Therefore, we don't have to worry about the cooperation between the Mongols and the Jurchens."

The officers of the Operations Department kept reporting.

"What if the Mongols wait for Yelu Dashi to go south?" Li Xianzhong said.

"If the Mongols don't go south within three days of going to the capital, we will break through Zhongjing with a thunderbolt, and then the whole army will go north! 200,000 cavalry will go north to intercept Yelu Dashi. At this time, the Mongols will go north to rescue Yelu Dashi. We The infantry pursued from behind! The whole army joined forces to encircle and annihilate Mongolia on the way, just like the war in Xixia, and then calmly deal with Yelu Dashi." The officer said.

Li Xianzhong thought for a moment, then nodded in approval of this battle plan.

"The intelligence department has sent more than a thousand people to the area of ​​Shangjing to pay close attention to the situation in Shangjing. We will keep abreast of the situation there," the officer said.

"If the Mongols go south alone, and 200,000 cavalry go north, with Yue Fei and Li Xianzhong as commanders, Zhongjing will still be in charge of Liu Kai, but who will lead the infantry that confronts the Mongols head-on?" Zhao Chen said.

"Your Majesty, I will recommend Han Shizhong!" Yue Fei said.

"Han Shizhong?" Zhao Chen was taken aback for a moment, then nodded.

Han Shizhong is also a famous general in history, and what he is best at is winning more with less. Zhao Chen doesn't know if Han Shizhong is capable of fighting with such a large army. However, Zhao Chen believed in Yue Fei's vision. In such a war related to the fate of the Song Dynasty, Yue Fei would never be favoritism. Since Yue Fei recommended Han Shizhong, it proved that he believed in Han Shizhong's ability. In this case, Zhao Chen also chose to believe it.

Qu Duan discussed with the officers of the General Staff Headquarters for a while, and agreed to appoint Han Shizhong as the commander of the 200,000 infantry. The General Staff Headquarters has the intelligence of military officers from all over the country, and has collected and studied the temperament and talents of military officers from all over the country. They obviously also recognize Han Shizhong's ability.

At this moment, the sky was already bright, Zhao Chen came out of the tent, and took a deep breath.

The morning air was fresh and cold. Zhao Chen rode on the horse and headed for the grassland in the distance, looking at the scenery of the grassland.

"After the Northern War, no foreign barbarians can threaten our Song Dynasty regime. At that time, our Song Dynasty will make a complete change! I have been looking forward to it for a long time! It has been eight years since I came to this era, and only eight years later. The Anti-Japanese War, now eight years is long enough! There are Korea and Dongying in the east, but those are not enough." Zhao Chen secretly said.

On this day, the siege battle was still going on, and Zhongjing City was about to be breached several times, but the Song army retreated strangely.

During the night of this day, the Song army's attack still did not stop, but they were only using various siege weapons, and rarely climbed the city wall. Only when the Jurchens showed a slack expression and wanted to rest, they would suddenly launch a large-scale attack.

Such siege battles continued, and the Jurchens in Zhongjing City were completely exhausted, and their casualties were also increasing.