Yelü Dashi penetrated three hundred miles into the Jin territory, defeating all the Jin prefectures and counties along the way.

When this news reached Shangjing, the Jin court and the public were shocked.

While Yelü Dashi was making a grand show of strolling around the Jin Kingdom in the north, Zhao Huan had already mobilized all military forces in the northwest of the Song Dynasty, except for the Longyou Protectorate.

Wang Yi and Wang Yuan of Xihe Road, Xi Gong of Jingyuan Road, the Yulin Central Army of Huanqing Road, Zhang Shen, Liu Yanqing and his son, Yao Pingzhong, Zhe Keqiu of Fuzhou Road, and others of Fuyan Road, and Wang Bing and Liu Yanzong, the military commissioners of Hedong Road.

Apart from Huanqing Road, the other four routes have all prepared their troops and are advancing towards the Dangxiang.

Among them, Wang Yi and Wang Yuan of Xihe Road aimed at the western front of the Dangxiang.

Li Ganshun pushed his troops to Hengshan. Although there was defense on the western front, it was certainly weak.

Entering Xia from the west, the mission is to break through the Dangxiang's defenses, capture Xiliang Prefecture, and advance the western front into the southwest of Xia.

Xi Gong of Jingyuan Road aimed at Pingxi Prefecture, directly penetrating the heart of Xia State, causing Xingqing Prefecture to tremble and making Li Ganshun on the front line feel like he had a thorn in his side.

Fuyan Road was tasked with the important mission of attacking the main battlefield of Hengshan together with the Central Imperial Guard.

Wang Bing of Hedong Road aims to retake Mizhi City, capture Xia Prefecture, and advance the battlefront into the eastern part of Xia Kingdom.

This five-pronged attack on Xia was very different from the five-pronged attack on Xia by Emperor Shenzong in the past.

Although Zhong E, Gao Zunyu, and others were all famous generals back then, the lack of unified command and the fact that the Song army had not yet established fortifications in the Hengshan area presented major problems.

This led to all efforts being in vain.

Now things are different. The five routes, centered on the Imperial Guards, are fighting with clear objectives under the unified command of Imperial Marshal Zhong Shidao.

Furthermore, with the emperor personally leading the expedition, the morale of the five armies was greatly boosted.

On the 26th day of the twelfth lunar month, Zhao Huan did not get to capture the traitor Cao Sheng to offer sacrifices to the flag. The situation forced him to set off immediately and advance towards the Hengshan area.