In the night, the Song army was still attacking the city.

However, at this moment, except for the soldiers besieging the city, the remaining two-thirds of the soldiers are resting.

Under the city of Zhongjing, there are many camp tents. In the center of a tent in the north, there is one of the most massive tents.

The soldiers were already resting, but the camp was brightly lit, and the rest of the dozen or so camps around were also lit.

This is the camp where the staff headquarters is located, and countless soldiers are going in and out of it.

Zhao Chen, Qu Duan, Yue Fei, Li Xianzhong and others are in the middle of the camp at the moment, and Kang An is reporting the latest intelligence department news.

"Your Majesty, generals, our spies have returned from the army of Jerodashi! According to estimates, Yelu Dashi has now arrived in the Zhaozhou area, and they are still nearly 2,000 miles away from Shangjing, and even farther away from Zhongjing. Kang An said.

"Jerodashi actually got there." Zhao Chen was slightly stunned.

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

"Yes, Your Majesty! According to our spies, Yelu Dashi did not only return with an army, but he also returned from the north with more than 200,000 Khitans, and 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 State was destroyed, Yelu Dashi led tens of thousands of cavalry to the north, they first joined the Khitan tribes in the north, and then went north together, and now it seems that Yelu Dashi brought back all the Khitans who had been taken away." Kang An Road.

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

Yelu Dashi is a generation of heroes, after the fall of the Liao State, this person in the distant Central Plains continued to struggle, and actually established the Western Liao! The Western Liao in history was also very powerful, lasting for more than a hundred years, when countless Turkic countries in the Central Plains, including the famous Flower Thorn Zimo, were all subject countries of the Western Liao! Zhao Chen originally regarded Yelu Dashi as an important enemy, but now that Yelu Dashi has brought all the Khitans back from Central Asia, he can be taken down in one fell swoop, and the Khitans will no longer be in trouble from now on.

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

"The Mongols have already crossed the Black Mountain, and it is not far from Shangjing." Kang An Road.

Buhei Mountain is probably located in the southwest area of the Great Khing'an Mountains, which is only more than 300 miles away from Shangjing.

"Is the specific strength of the Mongols clear?" Yue Fei said.

"They have about 1780,000 troops." Kang An Road.

"So much?" Yue Fei was slightly startled.

Previously, according to the estimation of the General Staff Headquarters, the strength of the Mongols would not exceed 100,000, but 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 for the Qiyan Division, but also for the soldiers and horses of the Kereh Division! Kang An said.

"If that's the case, then our battle plan must be changed!" Yue Fei said.

"General Yue, the General Staff Headquarters is already discussing how to deal with it! We have called all the generals here to discuss how to deal with them! Although the Mongolian army has reached 1780,000, it still has a huge gap with us! The total strength of our three major military regions is close to 600,000, and we only need to leave more than 100,000 people in the area of Zhongjing, and the rest of the troops can all go north to eliminate the Mongolian barbarians! Qu Duan said.

"Not bad." Yue Fei nodded.

Zhao Chen has been listening to the side. Although the number of Mongol troops was unexpected, Zhao Chen still had full confidence in the battle in the north. All the famous generals of this era are concentrated here, and the military system of the Song army is far more advanced than this era, plus he, the emperor, personally sits in the army to stimulate morale, and it is impossible for any enemy to defeat this army, but will be wiped out by this army!

Hundreds of staff officers from the Operations Department of the General Staff Headquarters analyzed in different camps, and the results of different analyses were constantly sent to the middle camps, and Zhao Chen, Qu Duan, Yue Fei and others also kept discussing!

As for the siege of Zhongjing, it was handed over to Liu Qi to be responsible! Zhongjing City experienced two days and three nights of fighting, the Song army was constantly resting, constantly changing, the Jin soldiers could not rest at all, the Song army's siege weapons were far better than the Jurchens, and the Song army's siege experience was far better than the Jurchens! Up to now, the Jurchens in Zhongjing City did not have the slightest strength to fight back, and under such a large-scale siege battle day and night, it was already very good that they could hold Zhongjing! In fact, with the military strength of the Song army, there is no problem in completely defeating Zhongjing now, but they want to keep Zhongjing and use Zhongjing as a bait to attract the arrival of the Khitans and Mongols.

"Your Majesty, Zhongjing City is besieged by us, the situation is so critical, in such a situation, once the Mongols arrive, the probability of coming down from Raozhou and Fengzhou is more than ninety! Our intelligence officers have been lurking in the steppe for several years, and it can be seen that the Mongolian barbarians on the steppe are also disdainful of our Han people in the Central Plains! With so many troops, they naturally won't be cautious, and they won't wait for Yelu Dashi to arrive! The Military Aircraft Department has studied the temperament of the Great Khan of the Mongolian Beggars, this person is rude, and this person is very hostile to the Khitans, and these conditions are the reasons for our previous judgment! "The sky is already dark, and people from the Operations Department of the General Staff Headquarters are constantly coming to report on the research situation.

Zhao Chen nodded lightly, and Yue Fei and the others were listening.

"We should advance with 200,000 infantry to hold back the Mongols, and then surround the Mongols with 200,000 cavalry from both flanks."

"In this way, we will use 400,000 troops, and there will be no problem in destroying the Mongols."

"Our remaining troops in Zhongjingcheng are still more than 100,000, and with 200,000 militia here, they can also be engaged in siege warfare! Therefore, we don't have to worry about the Mongols and Jurchens joining forces inside and outside. ”

The officers of the Operations Division kept reporting.

"What if the Mongols wait for Jerodashi to go south?" Li Xianzhong said.

"If the Mongols do not go south within three days of going to the capital, we will break through Zhongjing with a thunderous force, and then the whole army will go north! 200,000 cavalry went north to intercept Yelu Dashi, at this time the Mongols will follow north in order to rescue Yelu Dashi, and our infantry will pursue behind! The whole army joined forces to encircle and annihilate the Mongols in the middle of the way, just as they had fought in Western Xia, and then calmly dealt with Yelu Dashi. The officer said.

Li Xianzhong thought for a moment and nodded in approval of this battle plan.

"The intelligence department has sent more than 1,000 people to the area around Shangjing, pay close attention to the situation in Shangjing, and we will keep abreast of the situation there." The officer said.

"If the Mongols go south alone, and the 200,000 cavalry go north, with Yue Fei and Li Xianzhong as the commanders, Zhongjing will still be handed over to Liu Qi to be responsible, but who will lead the infantry that is facing the Mongols head-on?" Zhao Chen said.

"Your Majesty, the last general will recommend Han Shizhong!" Yue Fei said.

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

Han Shizhong is also a famous general in history, what he is best at is winning more with less, such a large corps fights, Zhao Chen doesn't know if Han Shizhong can do it. However, Zhao Chen believes in Yue Fei's vision, such a war related to the fortunes of the Great Song Dynasty, Yue Fei will never show favoritism, since Yue Fei recommended Han Shizhong, it proves that he believes in Han Shizhong's ability, in this case, Zhao Chen also chose to believe.

Qu Duan discussed with the officers of the General Staff Headquarters for a moment and agreed to appoint Han Shizhong as the commander of the 200,000 infantry. The General Staff Headquarters has information on officers from all over the country, and has collected and studied the temperament and talents of officers from all over the place, and they obviously recognize Han Shizhong's ability.

At this moment, the sky was already bright, Zhao Chen came out of the tent and took a deep breath.

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

"After the war in the north, there are no foreign barbarians who can threaten my Great Song regime, and that time is also the day when my Great Song Dynasty will make a complete change! I've been looking forward to it for a long time! It has been eight years since I came to this era, and it will only be eight years of anti-Japanese war in later generations, and now eight years is long enough! There are also Goryeo and Dongying in the East, but those are not significant. Zhao Chen said secretly.

On this day, the siege battle was still going on, and Zhongjing City was about to be breached several times, but the Song army retreated mysteriously.

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

This kind of siege battle continued, and the Jurchens in Zhongjing City were completely exhausted, and their casualties were getting bigger and bigger.