In the darkness of the night, the Song army was still constantly attacking the city.

However, in this moment, except for the soldiers siege the city, two-thirds of the soldiers were resting.

There are many camp tents under Zhongjing City. In the center of a camp in the north, there is the largest camp here.

The soldiers had already rested, but the tent was brightly lit, and the remaining ten tents were also lit.

This is the tent where the General Staff Headquarters is located, and countless soldiers are entering and leaving.

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

"Your Majesty, generals, our spies have returned from Yelu Dashi's army! According to estimates, Yelu Dashi has now arrived in the Zhaozhou area. They are nearly two thousand miles away from Shangjing, and even further away from Zhongjing." Kang'an said.

"Yelu Dashi actually got there." Zhao Chen was slightly stunned.

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

"Yes, Your Majesty! According to our spies' report, Yelu Dashi did not only bring his army back, but also returned from the north with more than 200,000 Khitans. They even drove cattle and sheep, so the speed was very slow." Kang An said.

"Oh." Zhao Chen was slightly stunned, and the generals next to him were also extremely surprised.

"When the Liao Kingdom was destroyed, Yelu Dashi led tens of thousands of cavalry to the north. They first met with the Khitan tribes in the north, and then went north together. Now it seems that Yelu Dashi brought back all the Khitans who had taken away." Kang'an said.

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

Yelu Dashi was a great talent. After the demise of the Liao Kingdom, this man continued to struggle in the distant Central Plains and actually established the Western Liao Dynasty! The Western Liao Dynasty 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 Huatshuzimo, were all vassal states of the Western Liao Dynasty! Zhao Chen originally regarded Yelu Dashi as an important enemy, but now Yelu Dashi brought all the Khitans back from Central Asia, so he could take him down in one fell swoop. From now on, the Khitans will not be a disaster.

"Where are the Mongols now?" Yue Fei said suddenly.

"The Mongols have already passed Buhei Mountain, not far from Shangjing." Kang'an Dao.

Buheishan is located approximately in the southwest of the Greater Xing'an Mountains, which is only more than 300 miles away from Shangjing.

"Have the specific troops of the Mongols been investigated clearly?" Yue Fei said.

"Their troops are about 170,000 or 180,000." Kang Andao.

"So much?" Yue Fei was slightly surprised.

According to the estimates of the General Staff, the Mongolians' troops would not exceed 100,000, and now this number is far beyond their expectations.

"General Yue, this is the information I just got an hour ago! This time the Mongols went south not only with Qiyan's troops, but also with the troops of Kelie's troops!" Kang An said.

"This is true, then our combat plan must be changed!" Yue Fei said.

"General Yue, the General Staff Headquarters are already discussing solutions! We call the generals and discussing solutions together! Although the Mongolian troops have reached 170,000 or 80,000, it is still a huge gap with us! The total strength of our three military regions is close to 600,000, and only more than 100,000 people are needed to leave behind in the Zhongjing area. The remaining troops can all go north to eliminate the Mongolian barbarians!" Qu Duan said.

"Not bad." Yue Fei nodded.

Zhao Chen kept listening. Although the Mongols had unexpected troops, Zhao Chen still had full confidence in the battle in the north. All the famous generals of this era were concentrated here, and the advanced military system of the Song army far exceeded that of this era. In addition, he, the emperor, personally took charge of the army to inspire morale, no enemy could defeat this army and be eliminated by this army!

Hundreds of staff from the Operations Department of the General Staff analyzed the different tents, and different analysis results were continuously sent to the middle tents. Zhao Chen, Qu Duan, Yue Fei and others also continued to discuss!

As for the siege of Zhongjing, it was left to Liu Qi to take charge! After two days and three nights of battle in Zhongjing, the Song army was constantly resting and replacing people, while the Jin soldiers could not rest at all. The Song army had so many weapons, the essence was far better than the Jurchens, and the Song army's siege experience was far better than the Jurchens! Now, the Jurchens in Zhongjing had no power to counterattack at all. Under such a large-scale siege of day and night, it was already very good that they could defend Zhongjing! In fact, with the Song army's military strength, there was no problem in completely capturing Zhongjing. They just wanted to keep Zhongjing and use Zhongjing as a bait to attract the arrival of 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 going down from Raozhou and Fengzhou is more than 90%. Our intelligence personnel have been lurking on the grassland for several years. It can be seen that the Mongolian barbarians on the grassland are also disdainful to the Han people in the Central Plains! With so many troops, they will naturally not be careful, nor will they wait for Yelu Dashi to arrive! The Military Affairs Office has studied the temperament of the Great Khan of the Qiyan tribe of Mongolia. This person is rough and arrogant, and this person is very hated to the Khitans. These conditions are the reasons why we made the previous judgment!" It was already dark, and the combat department of the General Staff Headquarters kept coming to report on the research situation.

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

"We should go forward with 200,000 infantrymen to block the Mongols' front, and then bypass the two wings with 200,000 cavalrymen to surround the Mongols."

"In this way, the troops we used reached 400,000, and there was no problem in destroying the Mongols."

"The troops we left behind in Zhongjingcheng are still more than 100,000, and with 200,000 militias here, they can also be put into the siege! Therefore, we don't have to worry about the Mongols and Jurchens working together inside and outside."

The officers from the combat office kept reporting.

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

"If the Mongols did not go south within three days of Shangjing City, we would attack Zhongjing with thunder and then the entire army would go north! Two hundred thousand cavalry went north to intercept Yelu Dashi. At this time, the Mongols would follow him north to rescue Yelu Dashi, and our infantry would pursue him behind! The entire army worked together to encircle and annihilate Mongolia in the middle, just like the war in Xixia, and then calmly deal with Yelu Dashi." The officer said.

Li Xianzhong thought for a moment and nodded in recognition of this combat plan.

"The Intelligence Department has sent more than a thousand people to the Shangjing area, pay close attention to the situation in Shangjing, and we will keep abreast of the situation there at any time." The officer said.

"If the Mongols went south alone and 200,000 cavalry went north, with Yue Fei and Li Xianzhong as the commander, Zhongjing would still be left to Liu Qi to take charge, but who will command the infantry that faced the Mongols head-on?" Zhao Chen said.

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

"Han Shizhong?" Zhao Chen was slightly stunned and nodded.

Han Shizhong is also a famous historical general. What he is best at is defeating the more with fewer. Zhao Chen doesn't know if Han Shizhong can be competent for such a large army. However, Zhao Chen believes in Yue Fei's vision. Yue Fei will never be able to favor personal gains in this war that is related to the fate of the Song Dynasty. Since Yue Fei recommended Han Shizhong, it proves that he believes in Han Shizhong's ability. Since this is the case, Zhao Chen also chose to believe it.

Qu Duan discussed for a moment with the officers of the General Staff Headquarters and agreed to appoint Han Shizhong as the commander of 200,000 infantry. The General Staff Headquarters grasped the information of officers from all over the country and collected and studied the personalities of officers from all over the country. They obviously recognized Han Shizhong's ability.

It was already dawn at this moment, and Zhao Chen came out of the camp and took a deep breath.

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

"After the Battle of the North, no foreign barbarians could threaten the Song Dynasty regime. That was the day when our Song Dynasty made a complete change! I have been looking forward to it for a long time! It has been eight years since we came to this era, and only eight years later in the war of resistance. Now eight years is long enough! There are Goryeo and Japan in the East, but that is not worthy of justice." Zhao Chen said secretly.

On this day, the siege was still ongoing, and Zhongjing City was about to be captured several times, but the Song army retreated strangely.

On this night, the Song army's attack did not stop, but they were just using various siege weapons and rarely climbing the city walls. Only when the Jurchens showed a slack expression and wanted to rest would they suddenly launch a large-scale attack.

Such siege battles continued, and the Jurchens in Zhongjing were completely exhausted, and their casualties were getting bigger and bigger.
Chapter completed!