Just as the military information of the Song army capturing Daming City was spread to Lin'an Prefecture, Li Yanqing officially issued the Northern Expedition Order as the regent of the State and issued an passionate manifesto to the Song Dynasty to restore the homeland, listing the heinous crimes committed by the Jin soldiers, listing the bitter expectations of the Song army in the occupied areas for the Northern Expedition, and calling on the heroes in the occupied areas to raise an army to resist the cruel rule of the Jin Kingdom and welcome the Song Dynasty's revival army.

Inspired by Li Yanqing's manifesto of restoration, the volunteer soldiers in the Central Plains and Hebei rebels revolt one after another. The five brothers of the Liu family, the strongest anti-Jin rebel army, led their troops to capture Hejian Prefecture, Zhang Peng of Xiangzhou led thousands of people to occupy Anyang County, and Li Miao, who was originally suppressed in Zhending Prefecture, revolt again, gathering thousands of people to occupy Changshan County.

In the Central Plains, troops were raised everywhere. Ma Tie, Chenzhou, led 3,000 marinas to revolt, Zhong Taoer from Zhengzhou also gathered thousands of people to raise the flag of the uprising, Zhou Li, the county magistrate of Changge County, Yingchang Prefecture, led 6,000 refugees to revolt. In addition, there were a large number of small-scale Yi soldiers in the countryside. The governments in the Central Plains and Hebei were also in panic and sent people to Lin'an to contact Zhizheng Hall.

At the same time, Li Yanqing issued military orders to the commanders of all walks of life, requiring them to send troops according to the established plan.

Yue Fei led an army of 60,000 from Xiangyang to attack Dengzhou and Ruzhou. Dengzhou garrison Li Cheng led 5,000 Qi troops to surrender. Yue Fei's army was in a state of power all the way, and the various prefectures and counties surrendered, and the army targeted Luoyang City.

Just after Yue Fei's army entered Ruzhou, Zhang Jun also led 30,000 troops across the Yellow River in Mengzhou and marched towards Luoyang. The Wujie in Guanzhong also led 30,000 troops out of Tongguan and marched towards Hangu Pass.

Three 120,000 troops pointed at Luoyang from three directions, and there were only 20,000 defenders in Luoyang. The chief general was Liu Lin, the eldest son of Liu Yu. He knew that something was wrong, so he rushed to send a letter to his father Liu Yu for help. Liu Yu quickly replied, with only one sentence in the letter, guarding Luoyang to the death and waiting for the Jin soldiers to go south to rescue.

Liu Yu already knew that the Jin Kingdom had increased 100,000 troops to Yanshan Prefecture, and the total strength of Yanshan Prefecture reached 150,000. In any case, Wanyan Xie would not sit idly by and watch the Central Plains and Hebei fall, and would definitely go south to rescue. But what Liu Yu didn't know was that the Ruan brothers were slaughtering on the Yellow River and swept across all ferries.

Even Wanyan Xie has a heart, and he may not be able to save him.

On the eastern front, Han Shizhong and Liu Guangshi each led 40,000 troops north, and their opponents were the 40,000 Qi troops in Suzhou and Sizhou and the 20,000 Jin soldiers stationed in Xuzhou.

Han Shizhong and Liu Guangshi did not take the Qi army seriously, but they were very afraid of the 20,000 Jurchen cavalry in Xuzhou, so the two of them were not fast in marching. They tried to fight positional wars, occupying one city after another, and they didn't spend much time in the wild.

But what made Han Shizhong and Liu Guangshi happy was that the 30,000 cavalry led by Li Yanqing himself also quietly headed north.

The 30,000 cavalry led by Li Yanqing went north from Taizhou at the mouth of the Yangtze River, entered Chuzhou from Taizhou, and then entered Haizhou from Chuzhou. In Shuyang, they turned west and entered Pizhou. At this time, they were only 120 miles away from Xuzhou. Li Yanqing immediately ordered the army to set up a camp in Suqian County and remained silent.

Li Yanqing's original plan was to enter the East and West Beijing Road and cooperate with Wang Gui's army landing in Jiaozhou Bay to wipe out the 30,000 Jin soldiers in Yunzhou.

But the situation changed beyond his expectations. There were strong winds and huge waves on the southern coast of Shandong Peninsula, which prevented the ship from moving north. Wang Gui's army had to land in Donghai County in advance. Zhang Shun and Ruan Xiaoer's fleet had luckily escaped the wind and waves and had already sailed towards the entrance of the Yellow River because they had walked for a few days first.

Because Wang Gui's army landed in Haizhou in advance, and the Jin soldiers in Yunzhou temporarily solved the supply of soldiers and war horses by plundering food, and did not go south to meet with the Jin soldiers in Xuzhou for a while, Li Yanqing changed his plan and decided to concentrate his troops to annihilate the 20,000 Jin soldiers in Xuzhou.

Donghai County is today's Lianyungang. After the 70,000 army led by Wang Gui landed in Donghai County, he rested for a long time and immediately rushed to Xuzhou, two hundred miles away.

The chief general of the Jin soldiers in Xuzhou was named Wanyan Xiemao Ali. He belonged to the Wanyan tribe of the Jurchens, but he was not a royal family. He was a famous samurai among the Jurchens. He was burly, with big breezes and round waists. He made a 60-pound fine steel mace. Three years ago, he was named Meng'an, the commander of ten thousand men.

According to the custom of the Jin soldiers, the 20,000 Jin soldiers stationed in Xuzhou could not be all Jurchens. Ten thousand Jin soldiers were Jurchens. They were the main army, and the other ten thousand were the Khitan army, which belonged to the vassal army and was also commanded by Xiemao Ali. One main army was combined with another servant army. This is the custom of Jin soldiers deploying troops. When danger comes, the vassal army will take over and cover the vassal army. This is also the most criticized thing about the Jin soldiers. In several major battles a few years ago, the casualties of the vassal army were far greater than that of the Jurchen army, which really made many tribes dissatisfied.

Like the Bohai Ministry, the Bohai Ministry has made it clear that if the Jurchens let the Bohai soldiers be servants again, they will not send out any more soldiers.

The Jin Dynasty changed its strategy and did not allow the Bohai, Goryeo and other troops to be servants, but instead allowed the Khitan and the Xi people to be servants. This was also the sorrow of the destruction of the country. The Khitans and the Xi people had no choice except to accept it silently.

At this time, Xiemao Ali had already learned that Han Shizhong and Liu Guangshi had sent troops. King Liu Yu of Qi urgently asked him for help. Xiemao Ali had two tasks in Zhongyuan. One was to monitor Liu Yu to prevent Liu Yu from colluding with the Song Dynasty and selling the interests of the Jin Dynasty. The second was to monitor the Song Dynasty. Once the Song army showed signs of going north, they must immediately support Liu Yu's army and the Song army to fight.

So when Liu Yu's letter of help was sent, Xiemao Ali did not hesitate and immediately led 20,000 cavalry south to Suzhou.

After 20,000 Jin Jin cavalry advanced south, only one thousand Han troops were left in Pengcheng County, responsible for maintaining order in the city. The commander was Li Zhao. He was originally the commander of the Xiang army stationed in Xuzhou. After the Jin soldiers came, he led his people to surrender to the Jin soldiers.

Since the main general Xiemao Ali led his army south, Li Zhao felt extremely ominous. He had been restless all morning and always felt that some danger was coming.

At noon, he simply came to the city wall to patrol. At this time, he didn't care about maintaining order in the city, but instead pulled all a thousand soldiers to stand guard on the top of the city.

At this time, a soldier came to report, "Commander, a businessman came from the east city and said important information!"

Li Zhao was shocked and hurried to the east gate. There was only one black fat middle-aged man who looked like a businessman, looking around anxiously.

He asked loudly: "What urgent news?"

The soldier reminded the merchant, "This is our Commander Li!"

The middle-aged businessman hurriedly stepped forward and bowed, "I have important information to report to the commander."

“What important information?”

"I received a message from my brothers from Haizhou that a Song army of tens of thousands of people was coming from Haizhou to Xuzhou."

This news surprised Li Zhao, "How many people are there?"

"About 20,000 to 30,000 people?"

“Is this news reliable?”

"Reporting back to the commander, the news is absolutely reliable. The villain's shop is in the city and he dare not report false news."

Li Zhao believed that it was about two hundred miles from Haizhou to get here, like a rapid march, and it would not stop at night, and then you would be able to reach Xuzhou at noon tomorrow.

He must send someone to report this news to Xiemao Ali immediately.

"Go and find me the messenger!"

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At night, 20,000 Jin soldiers were stationed to rest west of Fuli County. Xiemao Ali was alone in the tent to study the combat strategies of the Song army. He stared at the map, and two small red and white flags were inserted on the map to indicate the two Song troops, which made Xiemao Ali a little confused. The Song army did not join forces and pinched the 80,000 troops into one fist, which was a bit inconsistent with Li Yanqing's combat style in the past.

In the past, when Li Yanqing fought, no matter how many troops were divided into the enemy, they always concentrated their forces to annihilate one enemy. However, this time, 80,000 troops divided into two groups and fought their own forces.

Of course, Xiemao Ali can understand it. After all, they are two different generals and have equal status, so there is a problem of who leads whoever. It is understandable that they cannot be aggregated together, and the Jin soldiers have the same problem. But why didn’t Li Yanqing gather them together? There is no problem with the two armies fighting each other, but they can attack one target together.

Xiemao Ali couldn't understand the reason, so he simply stopped thinking about it and ordered the army to rest well, and go south early tomorrow morning to cooperate with the Qi army to prepare to wipe out Han Shizhong's troops who went north to Suzhou.

Just as Ali was blowing the lights and preparing to go to bed, a sudden burst of footsteps came from outside, and a soldier reported urgently, "Report to General, Xuzhou is urgently asking for help!"

Xiemao Ali sat up in shock, walked out of the big tent and asked, "Where are the newsmen?"

At this time, a message soldier was led up and knelt down on one knee and said, "A Song army of tens of thousands of people is rushing towards Xuzhou from Haizhou. The distance is less than fifty miles. Commander Li asks the general to return to the army to rescue immediately!"

Xiemao Ali was stunned. It turned out that the Song army divided the troops to confuse him. Their real main force had already arrived in Xuzhou and was preparing to attack Xuzhou and take over his own nest.

When Xiemao Ali thought of his dozen concubines and a large amount of food and supplies, he was immediately anxious and immediately ordered: "The whole army stood up and headed north to return to Xuzhou immediately!"

The soldiers who had just fallen asleep were all awakened. They were extremely tired, but they had to complain about riding on war horses and even wanted the camp. The 20,000 cavalry turned around and galloped towards Xuzhou. As for the life and death of the Qi army, Xiemao Ali didn't care about it for the time being.
Chapter completed!