In October of the eighth year of Xingwu, the Second Northern Expedition began;

In November of the eighth year of Xingwu, the Eastern Route Army fought a bloody battle in Jining, and after ten days of strong attack, Jining was conquered;

In December of the eighth year of Xingwu, the Western Route Army fought a bloody battle in Chang'an, and the siege began after a long time; At the same time, the middle route army attacked Bianliang, and with the help of internal help, Bianliang was easily broken; Hedong Righteous Army, Wang Yanbu led the army to attack Qinyang, won a great victory, and the 3,000 Jin army was annihilated;

In January of the ninth year of Xingwu, the Eastern Route Army's attack on Jinan was frustrated, losing 10,000 soldiers;

In March of the ninth year of Xingwu, the Western Route Army conquered Chang'an and soon broke Luoyang;

In May of the ninth year of Xingwu, the Jin army dug the Yellow River, flooded the Song army, and 30,000 Song troops were annihilated; stabbed to death, in the suburbs of Bianliang, the cavalry duel, the cavalry of the Song army defeated the cavalry of the Jin army, and the cavalry of the 5,000 Jin army was all destroyed;

In July of the ninth year of Xingwu, Han Shizhong led 30,000 cavalry to attack Liaodong, broke eighteen villages, and approached Huining City. After the bloody battle, Han Shizhong led his army to escape

In September of the ninth year of Xingwu, the Battle of Jinan besieged Jinan, and Yue Fei led the army to defeat the Jin Wushu reinforcements. At this time, the canal was cut off by the cavalry of the Jin army, and 300,000 loads of grain were burned;

In December of the ninth year of Xingwu, the Western Route Army captured the entire territory of Guanzhong and marched to the east of the river; The Middle Route Army arrived in the southeast of the river, joined up with Wang Yanyi's army, and the troops approached Taiyuan, and the bloody battle was not overcome; The Eastern Route Army advanced lightly and was ambushed by the Jin army, and 30,000 were defeated.

In a flash, a year has passed.

At this time, it was already 1235 AD.

It has been eight years since he became the emperor, and Zhao Pu has also changed from a young man in the past to an uncle. Once playful, youthful temperament. He is also getting old.

It's all perfect!

controlled the supreme power, and the woman also slept on more than a dozen, which can be described as a drunk and lying on the knees of a beauty. Wake up and kill human rights.

The only drawback is that there are no children.

This question is heartbreaking, the doctor has examined countless times, drank countless medicines, and taken a lot of home remedies, but the result is still useless.

Quite a few ministers. proposed to establish the prince early, but Zhao Pu refused.

The Northern Expedition lasted for a year.

East Road, Middle Road, West Road, North Road. The four-way army, on the battlefield, has performed well. The battle line advanced from the first line of the Huai River and the Qinling Mountains to the first line of the Yellow River. In the east of the river. Hebei and other places. Song Jin was in a fierce confrontation.

During the year, the Song army also fought many defeats.

In the battle of attacking Guanzhong, the Song army was defeated five times in a row and lost 20,000 men; The Middle Route Army, which was flooded by the Jin Army, suffered as many as 30,000 casualties; And the Eastern Route Army, more than a lone army went deep and was ambushed by the Jin army. There were as many as 30,000 dead and wounded, and they were attacked by the Jin army. A lot of grain and grass were burned.

And when attacking, some cities heavily guarded by the Jin army, there were countless deaths.

According to a rough calculation, in the year of the Northern Expedition, the Song army lost 150,000 troops.

At this moment, Zhao Pu really saw it, and it will be a success!

Countless parents have lost their sons; Countless sons, lost their fathers; Countless women have lost their husbands; Countless families have lost their breadwinners.

In short, a lot of people are crying, a lot of people are grieving.

It's just that Zhao Pu couldn't cry, and there was no trace of sadness, more numbness.

In the eyes of the superiors, it is just a number.

The Song army suffered heavy losses, and so did the Jin army.

In the siege battle of Jinan, there were 30,000 reinforcements, which were killed by Yue Fei; In the middle road, in the battle on the outskirts of Bianliang, there were more than 7,000 Jin army cavalry, which were killed; In the siege battles, more than 50,000 gold troops were also hung; And in the battle on the Western Front, an ambush was made in one fell swoop, and the 20,000 troops of the Jin army were cut off.

In all cases, at least more than 100,000 Jin troops died on the battlefield.

This is the case in war, no one can guarantee victory in every battle, and no one can guarantee that they will not fall into the enemy's calculations.

It is like in the battle of Bianliang, in the morning, the Jin army just got the water released by the Jin army to flood 30,000 Song troops, and in the afternoon, the Song army broke the Jin army cavalry and killed 7,000 cavalry. At the moment when the Jin army was calculating and flooding the Song army; The Song army was also calculating and annihilating the cavalry of the Jin army.

As a result, the calculations of both sides succeeded!

At this moment, Zhao Pu seemed to be playing chess with Jin Wushu, fighting constantly with both shots, winning and losing each other, and there were chess pieces hanging up at every moment.

It's a pity that this is not a game of chess.

At least chess is played in a fair match, with an equal number of pieces on both sides.

But on the battlefield, there is no fairness. With the strong national strength of the Song Dynasty, the follow-up military resources and logistics supplies were continuously supplied; However, the Jin country is short of materials, short of soldiers, and short of everything, and the more it fights, the more difficult it becomes.

Of course, due to the elongation of the battle line, the Song army suffered serious losses due to logistical supply difficulties. If you want to continue to advance northward, you can't do it, and if you force it, you may be defeated. Need to take a break!

Before the Northern Expedition, Zhao Pu was thinking about which one was the main attack and which one was the partial division, thinking about attacking clockwise or counterclockwise. Now, come to think of it, it's a little ridiculous! When it comes to the battlefield, there is no difference between the partial division and the main attack, whoever can fight, who can win, and who has fewer battle losses, is the main force.

What Zhao Pu can do is only to send all kinds of grain and grass equipment to the front line according to the needs and the battlefield situation.

At this moment, the task of the Western Route Army is to defend Guanzhong and prevent the Jin Army from attacking; The Middle Route Army was near Taiyuan, confronting the Jin Army; The Eastern Route Army, on the other hand, wanted to threaten Youyun and contain most of the Jin Army's troops, and could not rescue other roads during the period; The Northern Route Army, on the other hand, wanted to disrupt the nest of the Jin Army, resulting in the inability to rescue the front line.

Before the Northern Expedition, many of the various ideas made by Zhao Pu were overturned.

In the next few months, the Song army needs to rest and recuperate on the one hand, and stabilize the front on the other hand to prevent the Jin army from being antique; And officials everywhere also need to take office one after another to rebuild their homes in the ruins.

Of course, all this is just a plan!

Plans, always can't catch up with changes!

No one knows what tricks the Jin army will use and what means it will use to attack the Song army. Probably, some fronts will be lost; In some areas of confrontation, there will be repetitions. The tide of battle changes, and no one predicts the next moment.

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The sound of firecrackers is crisp, and it's another New Year!

Outside the window, the fireworks were brilliant, the night was brilliant, and the night was mixed with the cheerful cries of children.

Ten years of Xingwu has arrived!

The people of Hangzhou are celebrating, and the whole of Jiangnan is celebrating, not only because of the victory of the Second Northern Expedition. If it is said that the first Northern Expedition was to test the waters, it was to boost the morale of the people to resist Jin. Then this Northern Expedition was to subdue the lost territory, and at this moment the battle line had advanced to the line of the Yellow River.

As for how many people died and how much material was lost, these ordinary people don't know.

In the official public opinion, it is also good news but not bad news, the great victory on the front line is always publicized with great fanfare, and the defeat at the front line is covered up in a low-key manner. So he gave the people a feeling that they had won many battles and won many battles, and the Jin army was like a local chicken and a dog.

It's just that the people can be misled and deceived by the lies of victory, but Zhao Pu can't be deceived by lies.

The front-line battle situation is still tense, and once something goes wrong, it will be a failure.

"Your Majesty, it's the New Year!"

"It's the New Year!" The New Year is a happy day, but Zhao Pu can't be happy.

"Your Majesty, don't think about the Northern Expedition! For the New Year, only talk about family affairs, not about state affairs! Ruixue on the side said.

"It's just a little sad, a little lonely!" Zhao Pu said that he had depression, hopeless depression. The concubines around him always try their best to make him happy and make him smile more, but he just can't laugh and always thinks about troubles.

"Father is dead!"

In July last year, Song Huizong died and died without illness.

And so he died. At that time, Zhao Pu was busy with political affairs and front-line warfare, so he didn't pay much attention at all. And the ministers of the court and the central government did not pay much attention, after all, the emperor was far away from the regime, and his influence on political affairs was extremely small.

Hurry away without taking a cloud with you!

At that time, he left quietly like this, and finally was buried in a hurry behind the Taoist temple. There is no emperor's funeral, there is no beautiful burial, it is like a Taoist who has left the world.

It wasn't until September that Zhao Pu got the news.

Now that I think about it, there is a vague trace of regret.

"Your Majesty, don't think too much!" Rui Xue could only say so.

"Well, I understand!" Zhao Pu nodded in agreement, "Let's go, New Year's dinner, it's time to start!" Another great year! ”

It's getting better every year! (To be continued......)