As the day gradually dawned, the residents of the famous city finally noticed something different, they saw the long-lost banner of the Song army, and also saw groups of Song troops patrolling the city, this news made the residents of the city rejoice, and the sound of firecrackers and gongs and drums sounded everywhere in the city.

The front of the camp of the Song army was crowded with the people who came to the army spontaneously, there were more than 1,000 people, many people were driving a cart, the car was full of chickens, ducks, fish and countless wines, as well as slaughtered fat pigs and fat sheep, and the people of the army were ordered to receive the people in front of the camp.

"Ladies and gentlemen, we are the vanguard of the Song Army, let me tell you, His Royal Highness the Prince Regent has begun the Northern Expedition, and hundreds of thousands of troops are encircling and suppressing the Central Plains puppet Qi army, once the Central Plains is recovered, the next step is to point to Hebei."

"May I ask the general, how many troops do you have now, and can you hold the Daimyo Castle?" A businessman asked worriedly.

Everyone is gossiping, which is also their common worry.

Chong Lie smiled slightly, "Please rest assured, we have 20,000 troops first, and reinforcements are on the way, and they will arrive in a few days, since we have occupied the Daimyo City, we will never give it to the Jin soldiers again, and I hope you will give strong support in terms of manpower." ”

"We have been looking forward to this day for a long time, as long as the Song Army posts a recruitment notice, I believe that a large number of people will be willing to serve the Song Army!"

Everyone was not wrong, when the Song army's recruitment notice was posted in various parts of the city, the young people in the city immediately flocked from all over the city, lined up in front of the Song army's camp, and more than 10,000 people signed up for the people's husband on the first day alone.

Yan Qing immediately ordered to give relief to the poor in the city, the Daimyo's Mansion was the most important base of the Jin soldiers in the Great Song Dynasty, he collected 400,000 stone grain and nearly a million quintals of forage in the city, except for a very small part of the wharf, most of the rest of the grain and grass were in the city of Nancang, in addition to a large number of armor, tents, flags, war drums, oil and pig iron and silver and other strategic materials in the North Cang City, and even found thirty large cannons in a dusty warehouse.

Yan Qing was overjoyed by this discovery, and they ordered the craftsmen to carefully inspect the thirty cannons to see if they could be used again, and the result was to everyone's delight, the thirty large cannons had never been used and were kept in perfect condition, and Yan Qing immediately ordered the soldiers to carry the cannons to the city.

Three days later, there were cavalry spies of the enemy army outside the city, there were more than hundreds of people, peeking at the famous city from all directions, the spies were not Jin soldiers, but the Ji army, judging from the scale of the spies, the Ji army that came to attack the famous city would not be less than 30,000 people.

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In Qinghe County, Enzhou, an army of 50,000 people is marching along the Yongji Canal, which is the army led by Gao Qingyi, the king of Ji, to recover the Daimyo's Mansion.

Gao Qing was originally a Han of Liao, surrendered to Jin earlier, has been the Jin State of the weight, many times on behalf of the Jin State to the Great Song Dynasty, Jin Guo considered that his ancestors were born in Hebei famous family, after sealing Liu Yu as the queen of Qi, he named Gao Qing as the king of Ji, for the Jin State to temporarily take charge of the Hebei region.

The Jin State's support for Gao Qingyi was obviously stronger than that of the Qi army, not only in terms of equipment, but also provided 20,000 war horses, and in terms of soldiers, it was mainly based on the surrendered Song army forbidden army, and the combat effectiveness was stronger.

The Daimyo's Mansion was equally important to the Gaoqing descendants, and the Daimyo Mansion was known as Bei**jing in the Song Dynasty, and the Song Dynasty spent a lot of effort on building the Daimyo's Mansion, so that the Daimyo's Castle was no less than Tokyo Bianliang in terms of city size and defense.

Originally, Gao Qingyi wanted to build the palace in the Daimyo's Mansion, but Wan Yan Xian also forcibly occupied the Daimyo's Mansion, which made him angry, and this time Wan Yan Xian also ordered the Jin soldiers of the Daimyo's Mansion to go south to suppress the bandits, and handed over the Daimyo's Mansion to Gao Qingyi for temporary management, so that Gao Qingyi saw a glimmer of hope, but this line of hope was extinguished as soon as it appeared.

The Daimyo's Mansion was actually captured by an army of unknown origin, which really shocked Gao Qingyi, was it the Song army, or the Liangshan bandits?

Although on the surface, it should be the Liangshan bandits, a gut told Gao Qingyi that things might not be so simple.

On the night of the second day of the fall of the Daimyo's Mansion, Gao Qingyi received an order from Wanyan Xianye, ordering him to recapture the Daimyo's Mansion at all costs, of course, Wanyan Xian also made a condition that after recapturing the Daimyo's Mansion, he was allowed to move the palace to the Daimyo's Mansion, and at the same time considered letting him ascend the throne as emperor.

Whether it was the temptation to move the palace and ascend the throne as emperor, or the threat himself, Gao Qingyi had to make a choice and must recapture the Daimyo's mansion.

Gao Qingyi, like Liu Yu, had an army of 100,000, in addition to the 20,000 troops of the Daimyo's Mansion, 50,000 troops were stationed in Hejian Mansion, where the palace was located, and another 30,000 troops were stationed in Jingcheng Tumen Pass in Zhending Mansion, Fuyang Pass in Xingzhou, and Baicheng Pass in Hejian Mansion, all three of which were strategic points in Hebei, and thousands of soldiers were scattered on the north bank of the Yellow River, responsible for guarding seven Yellow River wharves.

The army of 50,000 marched all the way south, accompanied by more than 600 cargo ships, responsible for transporting grain and grass materials, this is all the cargo ships on the Yongji Canal, all of them were forcibly requisitioned by the Jin State, and have been docked in Zhuozhou, Yanshan Prefecture, this time in order to support the Gao Qing descendants, Wan Yan Xian also generously lent all the 600 cargo ships to the Gao Qing descendants.

Two days later, 50,000 Ji troops entered the territory of the Daimyo's Mansion, and at this time, spies came from everywhere to report that the enemy army had moved all the people of the Daimyo's Mansion into the city, and the outer counties were empty, and the villages were unpopulated, and everywhere was lifeless.

"What kind of army is in the city?" Gao Qingyi looked at the faintly visible city in the distance and asked.

The leader of a spy bowed down and said, "I can't be sure of my humble position, but the big banner for Tianxingdao is planted on the head of the city, it should be the Liangshan bandits?" ”

"Should it be?"

Gao Qingyi was a little dissatisfied: "Didn't you ask those released prisoners of war, they should know the inside story!" ”

"I have asked about the humble position, some people say that it is Song Jun, but some people say that it is a bandit, and there are all kinds of theories."

"What about the other party's weapons and equipment?" Gao Qingyi got to the bottom of it.

"The weapons are relatively well-equipped, and like us, it seems to be equipped with a divine arm crossbow, but the former Liangshan army also had a divine arm crossbow, so ......."

Gao Qingyi also knew that the spy was reasonable, and it was not possible to conclude that the other party was the Song army from the weapons and equipment alone, unless there was conclusive evidence, such as the information obtained from Lin'an, such as the fact that this army used unique equipment that only the Song army had, such as the earth-shaking thunder.

None of this evidence appeared, and they could not judge the true situation in the city.

"Father, could it be that Song Jun came from the sea?" Gao Jian, the second son of Gao Qingyi, whispered.

Gao Qingyi didn't speak, this is an extremely bold guess, but it is very likely, if the army in the city is really the Song army, of course the Song army will not fly with wings, then it can only come by sea.

But this possibility is a bit scary, the Song army can go to the Yellow River by sea, and it can also go to his own nest Hejian Mansion, and he doesn't have much defense on the side of Hejian Mansion! There are only 5,000 men left to defend the city, what if the palace is lost?

It's just that it's not realistic to withdraw the army back now, Gao Qingyi had to sigh and say, "Take the famous city as soon as possible!" ”

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The seven wharves built by Jin Guo on the Yellow River are Shanghe Wharf, Gaotang Wharf, Liaocheng Wharf, Chaoyang Wharf, Puyang Wharf, Liyang Wharf and Jixian Wharf, of which the largest wharf is Liaocheng Wharf, followed by Liyang Wharf, and then Puyang Wharf.

In just five days, the Ruan brothers had destroyed Shanghe, Gaotang, Liaocheng and Chaoyang Wharves, burned more than 300 ships, captured 200 large ships, and increased their fleet from the initial 50 to 250 ships.

The Ruan brothers divided their troops into two routes, one led by Ruan Xiaoqi, who continued to lead more than 100 warships to Puyang, and the other led by Ruan Xiaowu, who continued to blockade the banks of the Yellow River in the Daimyo's Mansion to prevent the 30,000 Jin soldiers from going south from coming back.

At this time, Jinan Prefecture, Yunzhou and Jeju were already a mess of chickens and dogs, the backup ships were burned, Wanyan Zonggan had to order to find grain and horse fodder on the spot, the Jin soldiers began to loot grain from house to house, the Jin soldiers took the opportunity to loot property, rape and burn, and more than a dozen counties in the three places suddenly fell into a miserable storm.

In just a few days, the Jin soldiers looted nearly 100,000 stone of grain and 20,000 stone of black beans, and they captured the people and cut the grass everywhere, so that the cavalry could barely hold on.

The Jin Soldiers' camp was just outside Sucheng County, and they carried thousands of tents themselves, barely sheltering 30,000 soldiers from the wind and rain, but most of the tents were destroyed in one fell swoop, and it was impossible to live comfortably.

Just before the arrival of the Jin soldiers, Zhang Rong led 20,000 soldiers to retreat into Liangshanbo, so that after the Jin soldiers arrived in Yunzhou, they could not find the enemy army, and their morale was frustrated.

Wanyan Zong was really upset, he had received clear news that their transport ships had not followed, and the Liaocheng dock was in flames, and it should have been attacked by enemy troops.

Without boats, he faced the cruel fact that they couldn't go back, unless the Yellow River froze at the end of the year, and there would be more than half a year!