The main battle faction of the DPRK and China has repeatedly issued orders to the garrisons of Xuzhou, Suzhou, Bozhou, Caizhou, Dengzhou and other places to prepare for the conquest of the Jin State, and when the time comes, they will wave their troops north to recover the Central Plains.

Yang Congyi knew very well that the ministers of the main battle faction were not just talking, and the new emperor Zhao Yan would definitely support them, but it was estimated that it would take some time for the specific Northern Expedition.

As far as he knew, the imperial court had different opinions and debates about the Northern Expedition.

Needless to say, the Lords and factions resolutely opposed the Northern Expedition, and even strongly advocated that the imperial court return the land north of the Huai River to the Jin State, and the Song army withdrew to the south of the Huai River, so as to re-sign a peace treaty with the Jin State.

And the radicals and conservatives in the main war faction are also at loggerheads.

The radicals led by Zhang Jun and Chen Kangbo wanted to go on a northern expedition immediately, and they would make a northern expedition within the year to recover the Central Plains in one fell swoop, but they could not prepare food, grass, weapons, and troops.

The things needed for the Northern Expedition were looted by the Jin people who had been hoarded in Jiangbei before, and the only remaining ones were consumed by the Huaibei Northern Song Army, and the grain, grass, materials, and troops had to be collected from Jiangnan.

In the south of the Yangtze River, it will take half a year to collect grain and grass for troops, and it will take several months to transport it to the Huaihe River and Huaibei.

Therefore, even if every effort is made to prepare, the time of the Northern Expedition of the army cannot be earlier than April and May next year, and if there is another accident, it is possible that it will be delayed until August and September.

Even if they made all-out preparations, the Great Song Dynasty did their best to support the Northern Expedition, and transferred troops, food, and military funds from the states and governments in the south of the Yangtze River, and it was unknown whether the Northern Expedition could be successful.

Because the Great Song Dynasty was not ready for the Northern Expedition, after all, most of the year ago they were still preparing to flee west or move south.

The conservatives in the main battle faction, led by Yang Cunzhong and the emperor's teacher Shi Hao, saw clearly that the Great Song Dynasty was not ready for the Northern Expedition, and there was no idea of a unified Northern Expedition from the imperial court to the common people.

The conservatives did not fight the main war, but they thought that now was not the best time for the Northern Expedition, and that they would have to prepare for at least three years, and spend three years recruiting and training troops, hoarding food, and making armor and weapons, and then they might have some opportunities for the Northern Expedition.

Yang Cunzhong has been in charge of the forbidden army in front of the palace for more than 20 years, and he knows best how the forbidden army of the Great Song Dynasty is and whether it can fight or not, just because he is worried, so he has repeatedly entrusted people to send orders to Yang Congyi, asking him to train his troops quickly, and never blindly attack the city and plunder the land.

He also told Yang Congyi that the emperor did not say anything, but privately supported Zhang Jun and Chen Kangbo, and it was estimated that they would soon propose the Northern Expedition, and if the Northern Expedition failed at that time, Suzhou and Bozhou must hold it no matter what, otherwise there will never be a chance for the Northern Expedition in the future.

Yang Congyi is in Bozhou, he can't intervene in the battle of the imperial court, and he has no right to discuss, as the commander of Suzhou, what he has to do is to hold the city, pay close attention to military training, and prepare for the restoration of the Central Plains.

What the imperial court looked like, he already knew better, once the attack failed, the voice of opposition to the Northern Expedition would inevitably suppress the main battle faction in an instant, and the emperor would soon give up the Northern Expedition and choose peace and stability under pressure.

Therefore, in the future Northern Expedition, others can fail, but Yang Congyi cannot.

The Northern Expedition only relies on the imperial court, it is impossible, if you want to succeed, it is also a fool's dream, because the strength of the Lord and the faction is too strong, and there is a Taishang Emperor Zhao Gou behind them, and if the Northern Expedition fails once, there will never be a second chance.

It is precisely because of this that he urged Suzhou, Bozhou, and Chenzhou to strengthen military training, and on the other hand, asked the soldiers to bring 200,000 military dependents from their hometowns.

These 200,000 military dependents farm with the army, and the grain grown can be purchased by the Suzhou army, which is the most stable source of food, even if the grain and grass of the imperial court cannot be transported to the front line, the Suzhou army does not panic.

In addition, he brought 200,000 military dependents, but also wanted to fierce soldiers to move forward bravely, once they encounter a strong enemy difficulties, they have to think about it, behind them are defenseless old and weak women and children, take a step back, they will be in danger, if they can't stop the enemy, the old and weak women and children will become the souls of the enemy's knife.

Yang Congyi wanted to use this to build the 70,000 army into a strong army of the Great Song Dynasty that could only advance and not retreat, until the capture of Yanjing.

He doesn't look at Bianjing anymore, even if Xuzhou, Caizhou, and Dengzhou fail to advance northward, the Suzhou army can take Guide Mansion and go directly to Bianjing.

The Jingwu army and the escort army from Liuqiu to the north of Shandong have already taken Yidu Fu and Yizhou Linyi, and it will be difficult for the Jin army to enter Shandong, as long as they take Jinan and Tai'an again, and occupy Jinan with a large army, the Jin army in Zhending, Hejian, and Yanjing cannot take Jinan, so they will not dare to go south to rescue Bianjing.

After Yang Congyi learned that they had successfully captured Yidu Mansion and Linyi, he didn't have much to worry about the capture of Bianjing, only one concern, that is, whether the imperial court would completely let the main battle faction lose ground because of a small defeat, making the Northern Expedition an unmentionable matter.

Now Wan Yan Liang and Wan Yan Yong are facing each other in the Yanjing area, and a big war may start at any time, but Wan Yan Liang still has some scruples about the Song army, even if he is arrogant, he will not dare to start a war in the north and south at the same time, once they take the lead in the north, after the Great Song Dynasty learns the news, he will definitely attack.

But it's a pity that except for Yang Congyi, Shen Jin and others, no one in the court knows what happened in the north of the Jin country, and they still think that the north of the Jin country is just a small turmoil like the loyal and righteous armies, but they don't know that there are already two courts in the Jin country, one in Liaoyang and one in Bianjing, of course, the court in Bianjing moves with Wan Yan Liang, Wan Yan Liang is there, where is the court.

If anyone in the court knew that Liaoyang Wanyan Yong had established himself as emperor, had 100,000 troops, and occupied Yanjing to confront Wanyan Liang's 400,000 army, the radicals would definitely immediately order the Song army north of the Huai River to go all out to the north and seize Bianjing.

Fortunately, they didn't know, and Yang Congyi didn't want to tell them, because he had to wait for the opportunity, and wait for the opportunity after Yan Liang and Yan Yong started fighting.

In addition, they are also worried that they will be suspicious of the imperial court, once the Shandong incident is exposed, there will always be people who find out the charge of transferring troops without permission, so they don't care whether the Huiyi Guard Army is considered an army or not, if this crime is deducted on the head, they will have to shed their skin if they don't die.

In fact, there is no need for Yang Cunzhong to remind him, Yang Congyi also knows that the Northern Expedition is definitely not a wise move at this time, Wan Yan Liang is not stupid, since he wants to go north to exterminate Wan Yan Yong, he will not ignore the stability of the Bianjing area.

If Wanyan Yong can't be destroyed, and the Song army invades Bianjing again, the most dangerous thing is probably Wanyan Liang, so he must have a strong army deployed around Bianjing, once the Song army has the intention of attacking Bianjing, it will inevitably give the Song army a hard blow and force the Song army to retreat.

After the Great Song Dynasty moved south, the Northern Expedition failed many times, even though the early stage was smooth, but the results were all after a defeat, the position of the imperial court changed, and the main peace faction raised its head, resulting in a failure, and the Great Song army worked desperately to the death, and finally returned to the original place.

Having dealt with the Great Song Dynasty for decades, the Jin people certainly understood the timid and fearful nature of the Song court, they were afraid of failure, the first failure lost Bianjing, and the second defeat may have to lose Lin'an.

If Wan Yan Liang wants to fight with Wan Yan Yong with all his might, he must first beat the Song court, even if it is just to let them suffer a defeat, as long as there is a big defeat, the Song court will not dare to move lightly, and he can go all out to destroy Wan Yan Yong.

Therefore, Wan Yan Liang has not made a move against Wan Yan Yong for a long time, perhaps he is waiting for the Song court to take the initiative to launch a northern expedition and launch an attack on the Jin army, so he can find an opportunity to give the Song army a hard blow, completely extinguish the delusion of the Song army's northern expedition, and then rely on the hand of the main and faction to drive all the main battle factions out of the imperial court, and there is nothing to do in the south, so that he can safely transfer troops to the north and destroy Yan Yong.

Yang Congyi is very suspicious of Wan Yan Liang's gathering of troops in Zhending Mansion and Hejian Mansion, Wan Yan Liang does not do anything to Wan Yan Yong for a day, Wan Yan Yong's strength will increase day by day, and all states and governments will definitely take the initiative to surrender and join Wan Yan Liang when they see that Wan Yan Yong is fine, which is very unfavorable to Wan Yan Liang.

He believed that Wan Yanliang must understand, but he was just worried that he would be attacked by the north and south, so he had to wait for the opportunity.

In the entire Jin Kingdom and the Great Song Dynasty, the people who want to go to war most now must be Zhang Jun, Chen Kangbo, the Great Song Emperor Zhao Yan, the Jin Emperor Wan Yanliang and others.

Others are just passively waiting, or standing on the sidelines to watch the show.

Wan Yan Liang must have a strong army left in the Bianjing area, there is no doubt about it, and the failure of the first Northern Expedition is also entirely possible, Yang Congyi has no doubt at all, so he must achieve a victory and give the Great Song Dynasty confidence to the court, otherwise he will completely lose the opportunity to recover the Central Plains in the future, let alone Yanjing.

In the eight or nine months since the armistice this year, in addition to personally supervising the training of the newly formed elite armed forces, Yang Congyi has also made a trip to Suzhou, Bozhou, Chenzhou, Yongcheng, Linji, and other places every other month to personally supervise the training and food supply of various armies.

It is strictly forbidden for officers at all levels to withhold soldiers' salaries, and once discovered, they will recover the withheld salaries and dismiss them from their posts on the spot.

At the same time, it was ordered that gambling and drinking in the army were strictly prohibited, and once discovered, the officers were demoted and the soldiers were whipped.

If you want to win a battle, not having strict military discipline is simply delusional, and even if you can win a few battles by chance, you may eventually lose a battle and lose your life.

Fortunately, the left army stationed in Chenzhou is under the control of Su Zhong, the Chinese army stationed in Bozhou is under the control of Xue Wang, the right army stationed in Suzhou is under the control of Pan Cheng and the former army stationed in Linli is under the control of Yuan Hua, the four of them are the old people of the original Xuanwei Army, Yang Congyi has led them to win many battles and won military exploits, and they have prestige in their hearts, so the military orders he issued are resolutely implemented by all armies without discounting.

They all know that Yang Congyi has worked hard to train the army, and there is only one purpose, that is, to restore the Central Plains and leave a name in history, and they will be the main force in restoring the Central Plains.

The temptation to leave a name in history is enough to make them go all out.