Han Chang advanced all the way but found no trace of the Song army.

Moreover, the situation was really chaotic, and he did not dare to go deep into it at will, lest he get confused and be taken advantage of by the Song army.

In fact, before Han Chang arrived, Zhang Bofen had successfully retreated with the Tianwu Army, arrived at the North City Gate, and entered the city.

The Jin army spent the second half of the night in fear, as Wushu's center army and right-wing army slowly retreated.

Worried that the Song army was hiding in the dark and firing cold arrows, Wu Shu strengthened all aspects of defense, so that the center army and the right wing retreated hastily.

By Chou time (one to three o'clock in the morning), Zhao Ning was already parading the troops in the city to visit the victorious soldiers.

But Wu Shu arranged to withdraw his troops in anxiety.

There were nearly 100,000 troops. Even if a few thousand were killed by the Song army, there would still be more than 90,000 people.

It is very difficult for more than 90,000 people to make a hasty retreat.

This incident alone is enough to give Wushu a painful night.

Zhang Bofen said: "Your Majesty, we have defeated part of the Jin army. The exact extent of the defeat is unknown."

"Okay! You fought well, I will reward you heavily!"

Just this raid can be completely included in the martial arts hall.

Zhao Ning was so excited that the new army defeated the Jin army.

There are two advantages to this:

First, it demonstrates military power and self-confidence.

The Song Army was suppressed for so long that the Song Army turned pale when talking about the Jin Army.

Confidence needs to be found step by step, and this is a step forward.

Second, the New Army has achieved such results, Zhao Ning can use this as a standard to raise the requirements for the entire Song Dynasty army.

People like Liu Guangshi, if they continue to look for excuses, they won’t be able to find any, right?

The Jin Army is not invincible, you are greedy for life and afraid of death.

Now when Liu Guangshi was cut, the resistance would be even smaller.

Zhao Ning did not spread the news immediately. Don't worry, we will see how Jin Jun is doing tomorrow.

At Yin Shi (three to five o'clock), Wu Shu finally withdrew his large troops to the Yellow River, set up camp, and then ordered all ministries to immediately start to rectify military discipline.

Wanyan Zongmin was also arranged to lead his men to assemble the defeated army.

This night, the Jin Army, which had been invincible in the past, also experienced the taste of failure.

Wushu suffered its worst defeat in history.

On the afternoon of the second day, Han Changcai came back to report.

"Your Highness, there is no trace of the Song Army around."

Wu Shu sighed and said: "I underestimated the enemy! I underestimated the enemy! I underestimated the dog emperor!"

The ability to seize a fleeting opportunity, take action decisively, and take it back again is something that only a few people can match.

Wu Shu now finally admitted that the Zhao Guan family in Tokyo was a formidable opponent.

This time going south, Wu Shu's army seemed to be overwhelming and no one dared to defeat it, but in fact it did not gain much benefit.

Zhao Ning also sent people out to investigate and found that the Jin army had many casualties outside the city, probably more than 5,000.

According to what Zhang Bofen said, they fought all the way in and turned back out, killing them for about half an hour.

Zhao Ning immediately began to report the incident in Tokyo, and newspapers began working overnight.

This must be properly celebrated.

I am very happy about the gift that Wushu gave me on this Chinese New Year.

Next, the Jin army was stationed by the Yellow River and did not dare to approach the city of Tokyo.

Zhao Ning did not attack rashly again. After all, he did not hurt the main force of the Jin Army last night, but only defeated the left wing.

If I want to fight head-on, the Song army is still not my opponent, or in other words, the time is not yet ripe.

Wu Shu immediately wrote to Marshal Wanyan Zonghan, telling him that he had besieged Bianjing for a long time.

He never mentioned the night attack outside Bianjing City.

He also asked about Zong Han's situation, and the implication was that the two sides were looking to see if there was any room for cooperation.

In the third year of Jingkang's reign, on the fifth day of the first lunar month, Zong Han received Wu Shu's letter outside Shangdang City.

After reading it, Zong Han said to Shi Liai in surprise: "Wuxu besieged Bianliang. What can we do if we use this old trick again?"

Shi Liai said: "Wushu may have wanted to take advantage of the capital and send the Hebei Song army south to Qinwang to besiege the city for reinforcements. If so, it would be twice as effective as forcibly attacking the city."

Wanyan Zonghan looked at Shi Liai and said, "You mean, we give up Shangdang first and go south to besiege Luoyang, and the Shangdang Song army will go south to support us?"

"This possibility cannot be ruled out."

Zong Han thought it over and adopted Shi Liai's strategy.

Because he had been stationed in Shangdang for nearly three months, built two hundred ladders, and attacked Shangdang several times, but Shangdang could not stop it.

The guard general of Shangdang was Zongze's son Zong Ying. Zongze told him: If the Hebei defense line is lost, I will fight to the death to apologize. If Shangdang is lost, you cannot live alone.

Zong Ying defended the party. There were 50,000 soldiers and horses in the city, and 10,000 people had died in the battle. The northern city wall was even stained red with blood.

Shangdang City was not as strong as Taiyuan City, but the soldiers who defended the city were extremely tenacious. No matter how Wanyan Zonghan sent troops up, they were all overthrown in the end.

Now that it was already the first month of the year, Zong Han finally compromised and gathered his army to go south, cross the Yellow River, and direct his troops towards Luoyang.

He also sent spies near Shangdang to observe the movements of Shangdang's Song army.

On the tenth day of the first lunar month, Zonghan sent troops to attack Luoyang.

After entering Luoyang Mansion, Zong Han found that the population here had obviously increased.

So while Zong Han was attacking Luoyang, he was combing the surrounding areas, arresting people, and bringing them to the front of the formation to threaten the defender Zhai Jin.

The real Zhai Jin in history was considered a capable general and even defeated the Jin army, but unfortunately he died in the hands of bandits like Yang Jin.

Now Zong Han is arresting people everywhere, causing anger and resentment, but he doesn't care.

This time he sent his troops south, and he also suffered a lot of pressure in the court.

If there is no big gain, Wanyan Zongwang and his faction will definitely impeach him.

This matter involves political factional struggle.

As long as he can win, he can do anything.

On the eleventh day of the first lunar month, Zong Han publicly executed the common people of the Song Dynasty outside Luoyang City, and made those common people cry out for help.

This made all the Song troops guarding the city grieve.

Someone in the city voluntarily asked for orders to go out of the city to fight the Jin army, but was suppressed by Zhai Jin.

On the 20th of the first lunar month, there were mountains of corpses of people outside the city, but Zhai Jin remained unmoved.

Zong Han attacked again but could not break through.

So he began to march to Ruzhou. In order to defeat Ruzhou, he went to Dengzhou (in the Nanyang area) and then attacked Xiangyang.

Zongze was deployed on the front line of the Yellow River and was very tenacious. Wanyan Zonghan didn't want to waste any more time and immediately moved southward.

Plan to penetrate the hinterland of the Song Dynasty.

On the 23rd of the first lunar month, Ruzhou fell. Within three days, troops were directed towards Dengzhou. In just one day, Dengzhou fell.

Wanyan Zonghan divided his troops into 60,000 troops and arrived at Xiangyang City.

Once Xiangyang is destroyed, Jinghu Lake will be in danger.

Jinghu is a land of plenty. Although it has not been developed in the Song Dynasty, its agricultural potential is very great.

Jinghu Road was Huguang Province in the Ming Dynasty. There was a proverb in the Ming Dynasty that "if Huguang is cooked, the world will be satisfied".

This area must be one of the most important places for Zhao Ning to plan land reform next.

On the 23rd of the first lunar month, when Wanyan Zonghan's army approached Xiangyang, Wanyan Zongfu's army on the eastern front had already advanced to Xuzhou.

The Jin Army's East Route Army and Middle Route Army penetrated deeply into the territory of the Song Dynasty.

On the west route, Wanyan Loushi, commander in chief, attacked the towns in Shaanxi.
Chapter completed!