Ten days later, the battle situation in the Youyan area improved, but Yang Congyi's condition did not improve.

In March, the spring flowers bloomed and the climate warmed, and the officers and men of the Northern Expeditionary Army in the Northern Theater and the Eastern Theater soon entered the mountains from the plains, attacked the city and plundered the land, seized the towns, and cut off most of the passages for the Jin people from the grassland to the secluded plain.

The battle situation in Jinzhou also tends to be stable, Wan Yanyong is unable to gather troops to counterattack Laizhou, Luo Cong has no energy to conquer Jinzhou City for the time being, and he has to make another plan to attack Liaoyang.

The northern and eastern battlefields were all under control, and the southern battlefield was caused by Zhang Song's rash leadership of the army, losing 50,000 soldiers, which greatly aroused the morale and fighting spirit of the Jin army of Zhending Mansion, and added variables to the Song army's recovery of Zhending Mansion.

However, fortunately, the imperial court deployed for many years, deployed heavy troops in the Daimyo's Mansion to block the Jin army from moving south, and at the same time built many passes in the recovered Hedong land, cutting off the possibility of the Jin army of Zhending Mansion returning to the grassland through the mountains.

The Ming Fu unified army was in the north, stationed in Dingzhou, and the Su Zhong army was in the south, stationed in the first line of the Daimyo Mansion for decades.

Ming Fu and Su Zhong are both people who have been in battle for a long time, and they both understand a truth, in the face of fierce trapped beasts, they must not rush forward, they have to be more patient, and when the other party loses patience and reveals flaws, they can defeat the enemy with one blow.

Therefore, the two armies of the north and the south have invariably chosen the strategy of steady and steady progress, which can be fought one day at a time, and the small battles will continue, but it will never be easy to start a big war, one is to train the troops, and the other is to wear down the patience of the Jin army, because everyone knows that the Jin army of Zhending Mansion has nowhere to escape, and it is only a matter of time before they are taken.

At the same time, Zhao Yan sent an envoy to Zhending Mansion to persuade him to surrender.

If the real government can be won without a fight, the imperial court will be happy to see it, and of course this is also in the interests of the civilian clique.

Therefore, for persuading the military and civilians of Zhendingfu, the Great Song Dynasty civil official group is particularly concerned, in their opinion, the military generals have recovered Yanjing City, has been in the limelight, and the momentum of the martial artists in the court has risen very strongly, if they are allowed to take the credit for recovering the Zhending Mansion in their pockets, over time, the warriors will be able to fight against the civil officials in the court, which is absolutely intolerable in the Song generation!

For civil officials, the Zhending Mansion must be persuaded to surrender successfully, otherwise with the attitude of Emperor Zhao Yan to take the Zhending Mansion, it is likely that the edict will order the army to sweep away the Jin army.

Once the army and the Jin army start a fierce battle, the Jin army will be defeated, there is no doubt about it, but after this battle, I don't know how many generals have reaped meritorious services and been promoted.

Since the end of February, the civil official group began to persuade the Jin army of Zhending Mansion to surrender, one after another important ministers of the Great Song Dynasty entered the Zhending Mansion, explained the pros and cons to the Zhending Mansion to stay behind, and offered generous conditions, painstakingly persuaded them to submit to the Great Song Dynasty, but it was difficult to make progress.

The Great Song Dynasty fought while persuading, often on the same day and at the same time, this side was at war, and that side was persuading to surrender, two diametrically opposed attitudes made the Jin army commander stay in a headache, and the attitude of the Great Song Dynasty also made him feel uncertain, not knowing which one was the true meaning of the Song Emperor.

Su Zhong led the army to garrison the Daimyo's Mansion, and has been on the defensive of the Zhending Mansion, more than ten days, there was no big war, and the subordinate generals and soldiers did not build an inch, and now he finally received an edict to recover the Zhending Mansion, whether he originally wanted to make a forced landing to persuade the Jin Army to surrender, or did not accept the surrender, at this time he had no choice, because his subordinates had followed the brothers for many years, and he just wanted to fight and take military achievements!

Mingfu is the same, who would think that there is less military achievements?

The Jin army trapped in Zhending Mansion did not have much choice, everyone knew that there was no possibility of breaking out of the encirclement and returning to the grassland or Datong Mansion, there were only two ways, either surrender to the Song Dynasty, or die in battle and be loyal to the Jin State, which was a very difficult choice.

The vast majority of people are life-sparing, even if they are battle-hardened warriors, the Jin Kingdom is on the verge of destruction, and not many people choose to be loyal to it.

But surrender is not something that can be surrendered casually, and even if it is surrendered, it must be dignified and made worthy of the other party, not just to beg for life.

The reason why they can stay in Zhending Mansion at this time is because they have a strong army in their hands, and now they have to use the army in their hands to prove their strength and ability to the monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty.

So in mid-May, the Jin army, which had been huddled in the central area of Zhending Mansion, suddenly divided into several armies and attacked from all sides.

Su Zhong and Ming Fu had actually been prepared, and in the face of the sudden all-out attack of the Jin army, they immediately arranged their troops and attacked them head-on.

From the middle of May to the end of May, nearly 200,000 troops of the Song and Jin armies fought more than 10 battles within a radius of 100 miles around Zhending Mansion.

On the first day of June, the Jin army collected troops in the city of Zhendingfu, and there was no soldier outside the city.

On the third day of the sixth month, the envoys of the Song court again entered the city to persuade him to surrender, and the Zhending Mansion and the commander of the Jin army readily agreed, but made a request that he must be allowed to keep 10,000 troops, because he did not want to do nothing after joining the Great Song Dynasty.

On behalf of the emperor and the imperial court, the envoy immediately agreed.

Three days later, Su Zhong and Ming Fu held a surrender ceremony for the Jin army of Zhending Mansion together with the envoys of the persuasion negotiations.

On the same day, except for the middle and senior generals, all the Jin troops moved to Qinghe County for reorganization under the supervision of the Song army.

The middle and high-ranking generals, including the main officials left behind in Zhending Mansion and the commander of the Jin army, were all sent to the Yanjing camp to meet the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty.

At this point, the Northern Expedition, which lasted nearly a year, basically ended after the recovery of Zhending Mansion.

That is to say, since the autumn of the 31st year of Shaoxing, when the gold lord Wan Yan Liang led a million troops to the south and crossed the Huai River to invade the Great Song Dynasty, the monarchs and ministers of the Great Song Dynasty ignored the difficulties and obstacles, and spent 15 years before and after recovering the west of Jinzhou, south of Yanshan, Shuozhou, and Yulin, and half of the rivers and mountains that the Great Song Dynasty had lost or did not own, which made a major change in the situation of the whole world.

With the recovery of all the northern lands except for the clouds, the prestige of Zhao Yan and Yang Congyi among the people is like the sky, the restaurant and tea shop, and the roadside stalls all praise the current emperor for his wisdom and martial arts, and all praise Yang Congyi for his invincibility, such as Yue Wumu's reincarnation!

At the end of the Northern Expedition, Yang Congyi was sick for half a year and did not get better, and Zhao Yan left Bianjing for nearly a year, so after rewarding the generals, the southern return was put on the agenda.

In the first half of the first year of Beixing, Yang Congyi, as a privy envoy, almost never personally commanded any army to fight, and even participated in the adjustment of army deployment, as if he had disappeared from the entire Great Song army.

Seeing that the Privy Council and the Great Song army without Yang Congyi were running as usual, Zhao Yan and the imperial court wanted to completely dissipate his command power over the army, so even if the Northern Expedition ended, the command power of the army in the three theaters was not unified, and Ming Fu, Yao Chang, and Luo Cong were still in their hands and restrained each other.

In mid-June, Yang Congyi, who had been ill for half a year and had not improved, naturally would not stay in Yanjing.

In early August, Zhao Yan, who was personally on the expedition, returned to Bianjing with the victory of the Northern Expedition.

In the Mid-Autumn Festival, a grand celebration was held in Bianjing, and the monarchs and the people enjoyed together to celebrate the victory of the Northern Expedition.

On the same day, Zhao Yan issued an edict to grant amnesty to the whole world, and the whole world celebrates!

Yang Congyi's title of King Yan was not withdrawn, and the Taibao officials were not withdrawn, this was a reward given to him by Zhao Yan, and it was also a promise to fulfill.

Back in Bianjing, many doctors diagnosed and treated, Yang Congyi's condition still did not improve much, lying in the house all day long, unable to go to the court, unable to participate in the imperial court, and unable to deal with the official affairs of the Privy Council, in order not to delay major events, Yang Congyi repeatedly wrote to resign from the Privy Council.

After writing nine times, Zhao Yan personally came to Yang's mansion to visit his illness, gave him a lot of precious medicinal materials and supplements, and issued an edict ordering the imperial doctor to take care of his life.

The next day, Zhao Yan agreed to allow Yang Congyi, the king of Yan, to resign as a privy envoy and was replaced by Shen Jin, the pacification envoy of Shandong.

In the months that followed, the court underwent a series of major personnel adjustments and appointments.

Among them, the prime minister, Emperor Shi Haozhishi, returned to Mingzhou, Jiangnan for retirement.

Jingbei pacification made Zhang Xiaoxiang enter Beijing and participate in political affairs.

Xin Xin, the right attendant of the household department, abandoned his illness and was transferred to the left attendant of the military department, serving as the pacification envoy of Youyan and the prefect of Yanshan Mansion to control the Youyan army.

Lu You, the head of the household department, served as the pacification envoy of Hedong and concurrently served as the prefect of Taiyuan Prefecture to control the armies of Hedong.

Qingyuan Road, Jingzhaofu Road, and Xiqin Road were slightly envoy Zhou Bida, and he was transferred to Hebei to pacify the envoy and concurrently serve as the prefect of Zhending Prefecture.

Zhu Xi, the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, served as the envoy of Shandong Economic Strategy and concurrently served as the prefect of Yidu Prefecture to control the armies of Shandong.

Hedong pacified Mo Ji and transferred him back to Bianjing to participate in political affairs.

This personnel adjustment is not only to the north of the Yellow River and the Guanzhong region, but also to Sichuan, Shaanxi, Huainan, Jingxiang and other places, and it can be said that almost all of them are involved from Bianjing to the localities.

After this adjustment, Zhao Yan completely grasped power.

After recuperating in the mansion for nearly a year, Yang Congyi's condition gradually improved, during which Emperor Zhao Yan personally visited him in his mansion many times, and the precious medicinal materials and supplements were countless every three or five rewards.

Although Yang Congyi can already get out of bed and walk, he needs to be supported, and it is still very inconvenient to move.

In March of the second year of Beixing, Yang Congyi could barely move around on his own, and as soon as he could walk, he immediately entered the palace to thank him.

In the palace, Yang Congyi only talked about his illness, only about himself, only about what articles he had read, what books he had read, and his impressions during his illness, and never mentioned political affairs and military affairs.

When Zhao Yan took the initiative to mention the military deployment in the north, and he wanted to launch the Northern Expedition again, seize Shuozhou, Datong Mansion and Liaoyang Mansion and other places, and unify the world, Yang Congyi said that he had been sick for a year, his health was not as good as before, and he could no longer get on the horse and carry a gun and go to the battlefield, his time had passed, and the rest of the battle should be handed over to the young people.

During the whole conversation, Yang Congyi did not make any comments on the military deployment of the imperial court and Zhao Yan's thoughts, nor did he give any suggestions.

Not in his position, not in his politics.

Yang Congyi told Zhao Yan that after this illness, he felt more and more the preciousness of life, and in the few days, he just wanted to spend the rest of his life in peace.