Zhao Ta led the troops to appear outside Zhongshan Town, he did not rashly attack, according to the development of history, the Jurchens should have beaten the local tyrants of the Great Song Dynasty, divided the fields of the Great Song Dynasty, scraped all the floating wealth of the Great Song Dynasty, and then invited the Manchus of the Zhao clan of the Great Song Dynasty to go to the Northeast as guests. He was worried that he had not yet reached the last step, and once he made a move to cut off the road for the Jin army to retreat, the Jurchens jumped over the wall in a hurry and killed their entire family, and then set a fire to Bianjing.

It was not that the Jurchens were unable to do such a thing, after they captured the city, if the population was too large to take away, or if they encountered resistance, they often resorted to killing all the young and strong, including women, in order to deter the people in the occupied area and weaken the war potential of the hostile country.

What is strange is that the intelligence officers who were supposed to come to the rendezvous as agreed did not send the news for a long time, so that Zhao Ta could not figure out the current situation in Bianjing, and he was in a dilemma for a while. But the grain and grass they carried were about to run out, and if they didn't think about it, they would starve, and the closest place to them was Zhongshan Town, which was a border town, and the city was tall, and there was a granary for military supplies, fortunately, the city was still in the hands of the Song army, and it had not yet fallen into the hands of the enemy.

"Lord Wang, the scout sent is back!" Jiang Fei hurriedly walked into the prince's tent and reported, because of the shortage of various supplies now, and when he came, he repeatedly traveled lightly, even the prince could only enjoy a small tent built with thin felt, with felt mats on the ground like ordinary soldiers, and sleeping bags, more than others was a foldable book table and a few horses, but this is also a work need, the prince can't lie on the ground to deal with official business.

"Oh, how's it going?" Zhao Ta put aside the compressed dry food in his hand. He asked as he poured the dried food scrap into his mouth.

"Wangfu, don't you still have a reserve of grilled sausages and beef jerky. Why do you give this to the prince every day, the prince marches like everyone else every day. I have to worry about official business again, how can my body bear it! Jiang Fei saw that the prince's food was nothing more than a glass of water, a plate of pickles and a piece of compressed dry food, and there was not even a bit of meat, so he couldn't help but blame Wangfudao.

"This..."Wangfu looked at Jiang Fei, and then looked at the prince for a while.

"It's none of their business, now the whole army is like this, the infantry of the wolf general is even harder, the physical exertion is greater, and we can still have horses to ride. I've ordered that meat be replenished to them first, and that it will be solved when the next batch of supplies arrives! Zhao Ta waved his hand and said, "Wangfu, you go and invite the two of you to come over and listen to it together!" ”

"Lord Wang, you still need to take care of your body, now it's not only Xijing, but also the Great Song Dynasty can only turn the tide of the tide!" Jiang Fei said with a sigh.

"Don't talk about that, it's my responsibility that the soldiers don't have enough to eat, and watch them go hungry. How can I eat it! Zhao Ta waved his hand and sternly refused.

It didn't take long for Zhao Yan and Zhao Lian to be the two chief and deputy marshals and Wang Jinren of the supervising army all arrived, plus Jiang Fei, and several high-level leaders of the Southern Route Army all arrived.

"The town of Zhongshan was strong because of the Jin army's southward march. did not fall, Han Li did not make a big move south, and left his subordinate general Naye to lead a team of 10,000 people to continue the siege, and he has not been captured for nearly four months! Jiang Fei first introduced the following briefing.

"How many soldiers are there in the city. How is the combat power of the Jin Army? Zhao asked shamefully.

"According to the scouts, there were 5,000 soldiers in the city. There are also village soldiers who bravely help them defend the city, and the specific number is unknown. Jiang Fei said. The Jin army is a partial division, most of the troops are Khitan, Tatar, and Bohai surrendered troops, and the main force is also a small Jurchen tribe that follows the expedition, and the combat effectiveness is poor! "Of course, this is worse compared with the Zhongxing Army as a benchmark, but even such a ragtag army, the Song Army does not dare to engage in battle.

"Well, who is the Nakayama Guard?" Zhao Ta interjected and asked.

"Lord Yu, Zhongshan Shouchen is a scholar of Longtuge University, Chen Yu, who was born as a Jinshi, and was originally a magistrate of Shen County and Yongqiu County. Xuan Zhi Shangzhou and Xingyuan Mansion, and was promoted to Hebei, Huainan as a transit envoy. Thang Long Tuge University Scholar, responsible for the management of Hangzhou, to make the economic system of the southeast seven roads of the financial endowment, and in Hangzhou to build water conservancy, quite an official reputation. Jiang Fei said, "In the last years of Xuanhe, I knew Zhongshan, Zhiding, and Hejian Mansion. During this period, the Jin soldiers attacked the river in a big way, and Chen Yu refused to defend it with all his might. Qinzong ascended the throne, added a bachelor of the senior palace, a doctor of Guanglu, returned to Zhongshan, and was soon promoted to marshal of soldiers and horses. ”

"Well, he's still a loyal servant!" Zhao Ta nodded, he had actually heard of this person, he created the 'economic system money' when he was in the southeast, which is similar to the modern consumption tax and business tax, which makes the annual income increase by tens of millions of yuan a year and solves the problem of military spending, so Chen Yu is not only a civil and military all-rounder, but also a good financial manager.

"Does the prince want to take him for his own use?" Zhao Yan looked at the prince and understood his thoughts.

"Hmph, as far as you are smart, our wealth can't always rely on the income of each hall in the house, Sun Erqian and their gang can make money, but they can't rely on them to manage a place and pay taxes, otherwise according to their calculations, they won't scrape the land down three feet!" Zhao Ta snorted coldly and said, he now lacks a person who is both talented and has practical experience to manage finances, and this person seems to be not bad.

"Hehe, they are all trained under the careful teaching of the prince!" Wang Jin said with a smile, "The prince is thirsty for talent, so leave this matter to his subordinates, I am a fellow villager with him, and I had an intersection in the early years, I think he still knows this friend of his subordinates!" ”

"Well, if this thing can be successful, are we afraid that we will not have meat to eat?" Zhao Yan smiled.

"Count your nonsense, Jiang Fei, you go on, the deployment of the Jin Army!" Zhao Ta slapped Zhao Yan and said.

"The Jin army has a village in Jiashan, which leads to Zhongshan, with a strength of 300 men, and the vigilance is not high, so it is basically certain that the news of our capture of Ulzhou and the occupation of the Flying Fox has not yet been learned by the enemy; Zhending and Baozhou have been lost, both occupied by the Jurchens, and the Shahe River and the Tang River in the north and south of Zhongshan are rejected, and the Jin army only set up fortifications at the ferry, and most of the troops are concentrated in the siege of the defenders under the city of Zhongshan..."Jiang Fei spread out the map on the book table, detailing the situation he had detected.

"How much do you know about the situation in the city now, how much grain do they store, can you get in touch?" Zhao Lian asked again.

"The Jin army is besieging the city, and it is difficult for our scouts to enter, but we know from the scattered people that the situation in the city is not optimistic, according to the peace agreement between Song and Jin, Zhongshan has to pay tax money, so the looting is very heavy, I am afraid that there will not be too much grain storage in the city, and now the people of the Intelligence Department have not been able to contact, and the only way to get in touch with the city is to break into the camp!" Jiang Fei said.

"If there is a shortage of food in the city, then we will not only not get grain and grass when we seize Zhongshan, but also try to raise food to feed the people in the city, which will put too much pressure on us!" Zhao Lian said, and everyone also looked at the prince and asked him to decide.

"First of all, the Liao invasion, then the Jin army went south three times, Hebei experienced military disasters, looted by the imperial court and plundered by the Jurchens, the lack of food is a foregone conclusion, so we must be prepared for disaster relief when we send troops, before setting off, I have ordered Zhao Zhi to transfer grain from Hedong and Hezhong to follow, but now the situation over there is unknown." Zhao Ta said, "And we must gain a foothold, Zhongshan is choking the Jin army in the north, and it can become the base of our troops and grain, so we must capture it no matter what, now the weather is March weather, the ice and snow are melting, and the Flying Fox Road has been accessible to vehicles, and Xijing can be ordered to send food quickly!" ”

"Lord Wang, our land is narrow, our output is limited, and it is already very difficult to supply two-sided operations, and we still have to raise grain to help the people of Hebei and Henan, where can we raise grain and grass?" Zhao Yan said, as the saying goes, raising 10,000 soldiers, the daily cost of fighting money, Xijing raised more than 100,000 soldiers, and the war continued, the accumulation was limited, how to support the people of the two provinces.

"Alas, the prince had expected that today, what he values most is grain, in recent years, most of the salt ponds in the river have been used to purchase grain everywhere, hoarded in various places in the northwest, you only saw our caravan pull a cart of things out of the Lang, didn't you see a cart of grain pulled back?" Wang Jin said that he had been in charge of Xiazhou in the northwest for several years, and then went to Xijing, where he had a better understanding of the situation and knew the family background of the prince. In fact, he still doesn't know what to do, the prince has asked Sheng Zhongtang to exchange half of the intercepted silver for grain, but he is suffering from the deep inland of Xijing, and there is no outlet to the sea, so he can't arrive.

"Because the situation in Bianjing is unclear now, we can't fully expose our strength, nor can we play the banner of Prince Song, but we must occupy Zhongshan as a righteous and brave person, and act after the situation is clear!" Zhao Ta thought for a while and said.

"Well, it is feasible for the prince to send troops in the name of righteousness and bravery, and now the people from all over Hebei have spontaneously organized themselves to fight against the Jin army, ranging from one hundred and ten people to tens of thousands, and the South Road Department has played the banner of the prince, which can just attract the attention of the Jin army, and we can do surprise soldiers to attack the Jin army, advance and retreat freely!" Zhao Yan nodded and said, and several other people also felt that it was feasible, so they agreed on a battle plan...

That night, Zhao Ta ordered the special combat team to attack, attacked the Jiashan Jin military camp at night, and pulled out the first nail on the road. Then he ordered the tiger to attack three cavalry brigades at the same time while it was dark at night, and attacked the Jin army camp with lightning speed.

And the besieging Jin army for so long in addition to the beginning of a few battles, the Song army in the city has not clashed, they attacked several times but failed to take the city, the two sides are so deadlocked, they can't get in, and the inside can't get out, and gradually slackened, I didn't expect that there would be a night attack!

The Jin army, who was in a hurry to fight, was no opponent at all, and Naye was even more drunk and staring, sleeping with the captive woman in his arms, when he heard the shouts of killing, he hurriedly put on his clothes and left the tent, and before he could understand the situation, he was cut off by a galloping horseman. The news of the death of the main general spread, and the Jin army fled in the direction of Zhending, and the Zhongxing army then covered up, and was blocked by the big river in front, drowning countless people. Zhao Ta took Zhongshan, and this day was the day when the Jurchens abolished the Second Emperor and the Great Chu State was established... (To be continued......)