Shen Jin was very confident in the success of the Northern Expedition, because he knew how long Yang Congyi had been secretly preparing for this matter, maybe it had started since he participated in the Ocean Return, maybe earlier.

In the past two years, although due to the inconvenience of transportation between the two places and the fear of causing unnecessary trouble, the two have not exchanged many letters, but it can be seen that every step of his life is well thought out, and he has even thought about the way back, or has made arrangements in advance.

For example, if the Eastern Route Army of the Northern Expedition entered the Taihang Mountains in the west, although I don't know what task they were carrying, it must be for the early success of the Northern Expedition.

Judging from the current situation, the situation of the Northern Expedition is very good, and Shen Jin feels that his mission in Shandong is almost completed, and it may not be long before he can return to the south as Shen Jin.

The only thing that made him feel a little tricky was Wan Yan Yong in Liaoyang, before and after the incident, this person gave him a very different feeling, he must have been clumsy before, in less than three years, the vast area north of Yanjing was completely controlled by Wan Yan Yong, and his power was increasing day by day.

Since the beginning of this year, Wan Yan Yong actually wants to buy sea ships from Shen Jin and recruit sailors, obviously he is not satisfied with living in Liaoyang, and wants to cross the Bohai Bay, directly reach Shandong, seize the land of the Shandong Righteous Army, and then attack from the north and south, completely defeat Wan Yan Liang, and inherit all the land of the Jin Kingdom.

Shen Jin saw through Yan Yong's tricks, their identities were different, they rarely went to Liaoyang to do business, and they didn't plan to go in the future, in order to prevent Yan Yong from crossing the sea to the base of Qin Island, the large sea ships near Qin Island were also transferred to Laizhou Bay, sent troops to take care of them, and only put a few small boats there to exchange news.

After the success of the Northern Expedition, whether the Great Song Dynasty can keep the results of the Northern Expedition is not easy to say at present, if he finally wins the world of Jin, operates in the north for ten years, reunites the army to the south, and Bianjing gains and loses, it is not impossible.

I wonder if Yang Congyi has taken this into account?

In this regard, Shen Jin has no confidence.

But maybe he's overthinking.

In mid-October, after more than three months of standoff between the Song and Jin armies, Yang Congyi took action in the Daimyo's mansion.

The elite cavalry, composed of 5,000 elite soldiers, patrolled and galloped day and night on the avenues and alleys, searching for fish that escaped the checkpoint inspection.

The communication link between Bianjing and Zhending Prefecture was gradually blocked, and the information flow between the two places became less and less.

In today's chaos, how can Wan Yanliang feel at ease when he gets the news of Zhending Mansion?

In the dead of night, I can't help but wonder, the nearly 200,000 troops around Zhending Mansion have already taken refuge in Wanyan Yong?

Every time he thought of this, he broke out in a cold sweat, and at this time, he couldn't help but ask himself, was it wrong to insist on going south to Jiangnan in the first place?

Or if you don't mobilize all your forces to go south, or kill Yan Yong first, won't you be in the embarrassing situation of being attacked on both sides now?

It's a pity that there is no regret medicine in the world, and it is impossible to do it again.

Now Yang Congyi, the evil star that came out of nowhere, stationed the army in the Daimyo's Mansion, and the way to the north to meet the Zhending Mansion was blocked.

If you insist on going north from the Daimyo's Mansion, you will definitely be attacked by the Song army in the north and south, and if you want to retreat from the 300,000 Song army, it is impossible.

If you fight with Song Jun and lose both, you will end up cheaply with Wan Yan Yong's kid, this is absolutely not good, Wan Yan Yong must be exterminated!

Win everywhere, lose everywhere, take a step back, maybe you can really turn things around.

In the dead of night, Wan Yan Liang calmed down and carefully pondered the courtier's suggestions.

Yang Congyi is like a wedge, inserted between Bianjing and Zhending Mansion, so that Bianjing and Zhending Mansion can not care about each other, both places are in the dangerous situation of the two armies, want to protect the two places, then both places are lost, if you take the initiative to give up Bianjing, save your strength, jump out of the encirclement, and transfer to Taiyuan Mansion or Datong Mansion, the situation will be very different, and then mobilize the main force from Datong Mansion to the east, Yanjing will suddenly be in the north and south of Datong Mansion and Zhending Mansion, Yanjing is at your fingertips, Yanjing is in hand, Liaoyang Wanyan Yong will definitely die.

It's just that Bianjing is now the national capital, if you give up, it will be a very serious blow to the morale of the subjects, I don't know what kind of adverse reaction it will cause, if the soldiers in the area of Zhending Mansion listen to the rumors and are coaxed by Wan Yan Yong, the loss will be too great, once the Zhending Mansion and 200,000 troops fall into the hands of Wan Yan Yong, his strength and Wan Yan Yong's strength will be unbalanced, and he will be in a weak position, and he has to consider this risk.

But when I think about it, even if the strength is unbalanced, it is better than his immediate defeat, not to mention that it is only possible.

After thinking back and forth a lot, Wan Yanliang finally made up his mind and decided to take a risk.

In mid-October, he convened several confidant ministers to discuss the complex situation they were facing, and then proposed to move the capital to Xijing Datong Mansion, solicit their suggestions, and let them discuss the specific details.

Staying away from the land of right and wrong is the intention of a group of courtiers, and when they heard that the emperor had the intention of moving the capital to Xijing, they naturally agreed with it.

After that, they discussed the relocation of the capital in secret for several days.

In late October, Wan Yan Liang sent an envoy to the Northern Expedition camp of the Song Army to convey the intention of peace, and he mentioned the return of Bianjing when he opened his mouth, but the specific conditions were that the Song State sent the prime minister to Bianjing in person to be strict!

Return Bianjing!

This is undoubtedly a great news, Lin'an repeatedly asked not to rashly attack Bianjing, damage Bianjing, the Northern Expedition army did not dare to attack for several months, in fact, even if they attacked, they were not absolutely sure that they could capture the high wall and thick city of Bianjing.

Now that the Jin people are willing to take the initiative to return Bianjing, what are they waiting for?

The news that the Jin people were going to negotiate peace on the condition of "returning Bianjing" spread to Lin'an as quickly as possible.

Four days later, the news entered Lin'an City, and the court was boiling for a while.

But soon there were doubts, thinking that this was the Jin people's delaying tactics, to negotiate peace and delay, waiting for more reinforcements from the north to enter Bianjing, it was recommended to ignore it, do not be trapped by the Jin people, and should immediately order the Northern Expeditionary Army to recover Bianjing, otherwise when the Jin people gather enough troops, and then want to recover Bianjing, it will pay a greater price.

Correspondingly, many people think that the Jin people are in the predicament of the north and south, at this time it is common to negotiate peace, the Jin people to return Bianjing as a condition for peace, which was unimaginable before, now since they put it forward, they must have been in a predicament, the peace should be true, if you do not agree to negotiate peace, I am afraid that the Jin people will be burned with jade and stones, completely destroy Bianjing.

Others think that the Jin people said that they wanted the prime minister to discuss in person, which shows that the Jin people are very anxious, in order to reach a peace agreement as soon as possible, instead of discussing the peace envoys back and forth, and never make up their minds, which also shows from the side that this peace conference is serious.

Although the vast majority of people do not doubt that the peace negotiations are true, the main battle faction does not agree to negotiate peace at this time, and if peace is negotiated now, then the success of the Northern Expedition and the restoration of the Central Plains will be greatly reduced, and the results of the Northern Expedition in the past two years will be reduced to a foil for peace negotiations, which is absolutely unacceptable to the main battle faction.

But if you want to seize Bianjing by force, I don't know when it will take, and I don't know what kind of face the captured Bianjing City will become.

Zhao Yan couldn't wait.

When Zhao Gou heard that the Jin people were going to return Bianjing, he summoned Zhao Yan over as soon as possible, and asked him to immediately send someone to Bianjing to negotiate peace, and be sure to ensure the safety of Bianjing City, as long as Bianjing City is okay, it is okay to give the Jin people some money.

The civil and military officials of the imperial court launched a three-day grand court discussion on the matter of peace, and finally unified their opinions: immediately send people to the north to negotiate peace with the Jin people!

But then on the issue of candidates, they once again fell into huge differences, the main peace faction strongly recommended Tang Si to retreat, and the main battle faction strongly recommended Chen Kangbo, and the two sides fought hard not to retreat.

If peace can be achieved, it will definitely leave a name in history, and no one wants to take half a step back.

Seeing that the differences of opinion between the two sides are getting bigger and bigger, to the point that they are about to be out of control, a suggestion suddenly came out of the court: the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty drove the expedition in person and presided over the peace meeting!

At this time, the main peace faction and the main battle faction were suddenly dumbfounded, who could object?

Wasn't the "Tanyuan Alliance" of that year just the Zhenzong Imperial Expedition that was reached?

Moreover, at this time, the Northern Expedition was nearing its end, and the Jin people were forced to negotiate peace by returning Bianjing, and there would be no danger at all in the imperial expedition.

Besides, the recovery of Bianjing is a monstrous feat, shouldn't the emperor come in person and comfort the soldiers who participated in the Northern Expedition by the way?

No one spoke for a while, and when Zhao Yan heard this suggestion, he was immediately a little moved.

The civil and military officials are all smart, when they see this, how can they not understand the truth, even if someone asks the emperor to drive the expedition in person!

When one person spoke, hundreds of civil and military officials echoed one after another, and even Tang Siwei and Chen Kangbo could only respond.

But then some courtiers suggested that the emperor should bring hundreds of civil and military officials with him to recover such a major event as Bianjing, and if the peace goes well, by the way, he can worship the heavens in Bianjing and comfort the ancestors!

As soon as this proposal came out, the Manchu Dynasty was civil and military, and there should be no peace!

After a few days of fierce quarrels, the ending was happy, the emperor drove the expedition in person, and hundreds of civil and military officials went to the north to discuss peace.

In the second year of Longxing, on the eighth day of the winter month, Emperor Zhao Yan, led hundreds of civil and military officials, left Lin'an, drove the royal expedition, escorted the forbidden army and the entourage, the number exceeded 50,000, and the mighty crossed the river to the north through Zhenjiang Mansion.

Along the way, the soldiers and civilians were all overjoyed when they heard the news of the emperor's personal expedition, and the officials along the way vied with each other to pay respects.

It is said that it is a personal expedition, but in fact, it is no different from inspecting the Quartet, and the officials and the people do not feel the slightest tension in the pro-conquest.

Standing by the Yangtze River, looking at the rolling Yangtze River, Zhao Yan was full of emotion, and his eyes were faintly moist.

Three years ago, when he came to the Yangtze River for the first time, he came with the heart of death, and now he is the emperor, and the Northern Expedition is about to succeed!

Zhao Yan crossed the Yangtze River with hundreds of civil and military officials, and embarked on the northbound road in high spirits.

But he never dreamed that he would never be able to return to Jiangnan in this life.