Chapter 1: The awakened Sheng Wang was a special forces soldier

  In the spring, the north was still cold and windy. On a stormy night, on an official road near Qingyuan, a group of prisoners in beautiful but dirty and tattered clothing were resting under the close surveillance of the Jin army.

  The road of the official path is not very flat, and there are Jin soldiers' armor everywhere, as well as many Jin soldiers' cavalry coming and going to patrol. The surroundings are all Jin soldiers, and it's clear that they attach great importance to this group of prisoners.

  Jin Bing not only had to watch over these unusual prisoners, but also many horse-drawn carriages carrying numerous chests. Judging from the deep impressions left by the wheels, these chests were filled with solid treasures.

  The prisoners being escorted by the Golden Army are resting and sleeping. For this group of captives, the Golden Army is still relatively well-treated for the time being, unlike the lowest slaves in the Jin country who were not allowed to rest and could only eat pig food.

  A young man suddenly woke up, but the scene in his eyes made him dizzy. He recalled the scenes before he woke up.

  "Rumble, rumble!" A loud explosion! The massive shockwave and flames made the young man watch in awe at the enormous explosive force, but his mind was still a complete blur.

  After that, the young man only felt that his mind was stirred up with half water and half flour, he felt tired and weak all over, while his brain was in a mess, everything was terrible. It was as if a long time ago, he had suffered a near-death injury and a serious illness.

  The scene suddenly changed, and the surroundings were a blur, with something warm, sticky, and viscous wrapping around his body. Although he was confused at the time, the young man clearly remembered that his body had already disintegrated when the flames' power surged towards him.

  But now, Zhao Xun could still clearly feel his complete body. Moving his legs, moving his hands, everything was fine. Although there was no strength, the range of motion was not large, and at the same time, he felt that his eyes, which were hard to open, couldn't see what was in front of him clearly. His body suddenly felt a chill and discomfort, a feeling that seemed very heavy, although he felt unable to move, but his body still existed, this was undeniable.

  After a while, he suddenly felt his body gradually recovering. The environment around him shook violently, and a delicious porridge was fed into his mouth from the corner of his mouth.

  He didn't know how long it had been, but he felt his eyes gaining the strength to open. The surroundings were noisy, and in a state of panic, he suddenly opened his eyes wide. In front of him was still his own body. His first impression was that he was in a forest, surrounded by undulating mountains. Then there were soldiers and generals wearing ancient armor roaming around on horseback. He could also hear the sound of whistling wind in his ears.

  As he looked around at the scene before him, Zhao Ze suddenly felt a long-forgotten sense of familiarity. Looking at his surroundings, the young man stared blankly around him, and at this moment, no matter how dull-witted he was, he should have understood. Because he saw a group of people, or rather, if one were to say a group of ancient people, it would be more fitting.

  Considering the cause and effect, he himself triggered a massive explosion that destroyed the enemy country's banned super weapon in order to complete his national mission. Comparing everything here with the scene, the young man can already confirm that he is dead, but was reborn and crossed over.

  In the usual sense, life cannot be replayed, but unexpectedly, I have experienced rebirth? And even crossed over. No matter how impossible it is, when everything has already happened in reality, any doubts are meaningless, facts speak louder than words!

  Of course, what excited the young man at this time was that he had all the memories of his previous life, which was equivalent to having a golden finger in playing games. In this life, the young man didn't know if he could immediately become famous in this ancient environment with his extremely terrifying powers. Everything was unknown, but as long as he worked hard, it was possible to achieve. Man proposes, God disposes, the young man deeply understood this point.

  But as his mind gradually cleared, the young man also discovered that he was probably a captive now. Moreover, looking at the soldiers wandering around, they seemed to be dressed in the attire of ancient Jurchen Jin army generals.

  In front of the young man was a girl, about 14 or 15 years old, who was still relatively tidy in her clothes. The girl's face was delicate and although there were many dust and black smudges on her face, if you looked closely, you would find that the dust and smudges couldn't hide her beautiful complexion. Around them were a group of people with worried expressions but mostly rich attire.

  There was still a hint of childishness on the young man's face, but at the same time, there was also a heroic air about him. Seeing that the young man had woken up, the beautiful woman anxiously said: "Your Highness, you're awake, you scared me to death."

  As for the little beauty's words, the young man had no reaction at all. He just wanted to know where he was. At this moment, he seemed to feel a weak voice in his mind saying: "Who are you? Why did you take control of my body?"

  As the strange sound faded away, the young man felt that there was an additional person's memory in his mind. After flipping through this body's memories, he discovered a very melodramatic event. I've transmigrated, this was his first thought.

  Through a mysterious and inexplicable memory, he came to understand that after dying in battle for his country against the enemy, he had not actually died. Or rather, his body had already died, but his soul had traversed the long river of time, arriving at an era nearly nine hundred years before the 21st century - the time of the Jingkang disaster, when the Northern Song Dynasty was destroyed and the Southern Song Dynasty was established.

  What's hardest for him to accept in this era isn't that he's no longer a young man, but rather the young man he has possessed is actually a member of the imperial Zhao family.

  It is the second year of Jingkang, the first year of Jianyan in the Southern Song Dynasty, which is April 1127. The young man he possessed was named Zhao Xun, the eighteenth son of Emperor Huizong of the Northern Song Dynasty, who was only seventeen years old this year.

  Zhao Dun was born in August 1111, the first year of the Zhenghe era, to Empress Liu. In November, he was granted the name Zhao Dun and appointed as the Military Governor of Jianxiong, with the title of Grand General. He was also enfeoffed as Duke of Fuguo.

  In January 1113, during the third year of the Zhenghe era, his official title was changed to Grand Protector. In February 1125, during the seventh year of the Xuanhe era, he was appointed as the Military Governor of Anyuan and promoted to the rank of General-in-Chief. He was also enfeoffed as Prince of Pingyang.

  In April of the first year of the Jingkang era, his title was changed to Duke of Qingyang and Zhaoxian, and he was promoted to Grand Tutor. He was then enfeoffed as King of Xin.

  He followed Emperor Huizong and Emperor Qinzong when they were captured by the Jin army and taken north to Qingyuan. They escaped and hid in the area of Zhending.

  These are the records about Zhao Dun, which are also the memories of the future Zhao Dun about the history of the Song dynasty's King Xin.

  At the end of March that year, the Jurchen nobles took Zhao Ji, Zhao Huan and all the Northern Song imperial family members in Kaifeng northwards, with Zhao Xun following suit. In addition to Zhao Xun, his birth mother Empress Liu and his wife Princess Zhen of the state of Xin were also taken northwards.

  The body of King Xīn Zhāo Chēn lacked tempering, and with the poor living conditions over the past two years, his nutrition was not keeping up, resulting in a weak physique. A few days ago, he contracted a cold, which nearly took his life, also because his body was at its weakest when it was possessed by the soul of Zhao Chēn, a super ghost special soldier from the Chinese state who had traversed over 900 years of time. Zhao Chēn clearly felt that there was another thought in his body now, and this thought must be the original soul of King Xīn, but this soul's energy was very small and extremely weak, allowing Special Soldier Zhao Chēn to occupy the main body.

  As the strong soul of Special Forces Zhao Zhuo possessed him, King Xinxing Zhao Zhuo's weak and small soul began to fade away. However, King Xinxing Zhao Zhuo's soul seemed unwilling to give up, stubbornly refusing to dissipate.

  "From now on, I am you. The deep-seated grudge of the Zhao family's blood feud, I will avenge for you. I will drive out the Jin army and reclaim our rivers and mountains, rescue every single member of the Zhao family. I guarantee it!" Special soldier Zhao Chen conveyed his intention to the fading soul of Xin Wang, who seemed to nod in agreement, transmitting a thread of gratitude and recognition before dispersing from Zhao Chen's body.

  Zhao Xun merged his memories, lifted his head, and gazed at the desolate yellow earth and dust that filled the mountains and fields. From then on, he was King Xun of Zhao.

  At this time, the beautiful girl touched Zhao Chen's forehead with deep feeling and said: "Your Highness, are you better? I won't be able to serve you tomorrow. The brutal Jurchen people have given orders that all the women of the Zhao family will be taken away separately, and we can only meet at the ceremony where you will be presented as a captive to the Emperor of Jin. Your Highness, I won't be by your side to serve you anymore, so please take good care of yourself!"

  The beautiful girl said, and two lines of tears rolled down. The crystal tears rolled down on the delicate face, making Zhao Xun feel pity.

  Zhao Ju knew that the women of the Zhao family being imprisoned separately was not a good thing! In the next few months, the women of the Zhao family would be occupied or harmed by various nobles in the Jin army. The important women would be forced to expose their chests and wear sheepskin to perform a humiliating ceremony for the emperor of the Jin Dynasty. Later, most of them would be sent to the laundry institute to be ravished by men, and their tragic fate would begin from there.

  Actually, before this, Jiade Empress Zhao Yupan, Rongde Empress Zhao Jinnü, Ande Empress Zhao Jinluo, Maode Empress Zhao Fugui, Xunde Empress Zhao Fugui, Shunde Empress Zhao Yunlüe, Yifu Empress Zhao Yuanchu, Roufu Empress Zhao Duofu, Huifu Empress Zhao Zhuzhu, Ningfu Empress Zhao Chuanzhu and a large number of Zhao family women were occupied.

  There were also the more tragic fates of Princess Zhao Xianlang, Princess Zhao Xiangyun and Princess Zhao Jiner who all died under torture in Liuji Temple during February or March. Many other female members of the House of Zhao also met their ends at Liuji Temple.

  The queen consort was safe for the time being because she was unknown to others and had covered her face with black powder and mud, so that no Jurchen nobleman took her.

  Zhao Xun looked at the black and gray masked girl, his heart aching with pain. No matter what, he absolutely could not let Princess Xin be humiliated by Jindou, and he also had to escape.

  According to Zhao Xun's memory, it was near Qingyuan that King Xian of Zhao, Zhao Xun, managed to escape. As for how he escaped, Zhao Xun had no idea either.

  In his past life, Zhao Xun was a powerful warrior, but in this lifetime, his body is too weak, and he may not be able to use many of the skills from his previous life.

  At this time, the sound of crying and scolding came from around, listening carefully, it was actually the voice of Zhao Ji and Zhao Huan father and son scolding. At this time, Emperors Huizong and Qinzong did not reflect on their own mistakes, but instead pointed at each other in front of the Jin army, which was really a loss of dignity.

  The cries and wails made Zhao Chen even more anxious. In fact, neither of the two emperors of Huizong and Qinzong was a good emperor, both were weak and selfish, oppressing the people. If they had persisted in fighting, suppressing the surrender faction and using able ministers to resist the Jin army, there would have been no disaster of Jingkang. As a result, the two emperors feared the Jin army, sought peace at all costs, and destroyed the morale of the Song Dynasty's soldiers, while boosting the prestige of the Jin army. They reused treacherous officials and did not use able ministers, leading to the disaster of Jingkang. The disaster of Jingkang was actually caused by both of them.

  About this period of history before they were captured, Zhao Kun also had a clear understanding. The Liao State was defeated by the rising Jurchen people due to the struggle for the imperial throne between the ministers and the emperor. In the fourth year of Tianfu (1120), Jin and Song formed an alliance and jointly destroyed Liao. In February 1125, during the third year of Tianhui, the Jin army captured Emperor Tianzuo of Liao, and Liao was destroyed.

  After the destruction of Liao, the Jin army turned its attention to the Central Plains, and the Jin-Song War began. During the process of jointly destroying Liao with Song, the Jin dynasty knew that the Song government was corrupt and its military strength was low. In the third year of Tianhui (October), they dispatched more than 100,000 troops, divided into two routes to attack the Song from the south. The western route was led by Left Vice Marshal Wanyan Zonghan, attacking Taiyuan from the Western Capital of Jin. The eastern route was led by Southern Capital Road General Wanyan Zongwang, attacking Yanshan Prefecture from the Southern Capital of Jin, adopting a strategy of separate advances and joint attacks, aiming to capture Dongjing Kaifeng and destroy Northern Song.

  Under the powerful offensive of the Jin army, the weak Zhao Huan sent an envoy to beg for peace and promised to cede Taiyuan, Zhongshan, and Hejian three towns to the Jin. The Jin army also feared that a long and deep invasion would be unfavorable, so they agreed to withdraw northward. In August of the following year, the Jin court used the Song's failure to fulfill the treaty to cede the three towns as an excuse to launch another attack on the Song in two routes. Wanyan Zonghan led the Western Route Army out of Xijing and attacked Taiyuan from the south. In September, after capturing Taiyuan, he turned his army eastward and attacked Dongjing. The Jin Eastern Route Army, under the leadership of Wanyan Zongwang, marched out of Baizhou and defeated the resistance of Zhongshidao's army at Jinglei before capturing key cities such as Zhengdingfu.

  In November, the Jin army approached the city of Dongjing from two routes, forming a siege. Emperor Qinzong of Song hastily sent Prince Kang, Zhao Gou, to the Jin camp to beg for peace, offering the Yellow River as the boundary. The Jin army refused and launched a fierce attack on Dongjing. In December, the city fell, and Emperor Qinzong surrendered to the Jin. In April 1127, the Jin army took Emperors Huizong and Qinzong, their consorts, and several thousand members of the imperial family north, marking the end of the Northern Song dynasty.

  If it is said that the internal strife between Huizong and Qinzong was one of the main reasons for the demise of the Northern Song Dynasty, then Zhao Gou's usurpation of the throne should also be considered a form of internal strife. When Zhao Huan was besieged in Dongjing, if he had not entrusted Zhao Gou as the Grand Marshal of the River North Army to lead an expedition to rescue Dongjing, the Northern Song would not have perished. Any general was stronger than Zhao Gou; any great general of the Song Dynasty who received the monarch's trust would be loyal and work hard to lift the siege of Dongjing.

  If this man were a Li Gang or Zong Ze type of person, loyal and brave, charging forward without hesitation, the possibility of repelling the Jin army would be very great. The Jin army's two southern expeditions were merely to take advantage of the "Southern Court's lack of men" and conduct a large-scale plunder, completely lacking the conditions and confidence to destroy the Song. If they had gone through a bitter battle and the Jin army retreated, the Song dynasty would have achieved victory. But everything was too late, Zhao Huan could not have imagined that Zhao Gou had the intention of betraying them all and being captured by the Jin army himself becoming emperor.

  After the Northern Song Dynasty was destroyed, the only surviving Prince Kang Zhao Gou immediately ascended to the throne in Southern Capital of the Great Song. However, this guy is a coward, selfish and possibly colluded with the Jin people before the Jingkang disaster. He is a man with imperial ambitions, but he is always fleeing and seeking peace, wanting to be the puppet emperor of the Jin State. Relying on him to resist the Jin is no different from a fool's dream.

  At this time, the shadow of a tall and robust middle-aged man appeared in Zhao Chen's mind. In Zhao Chen's mind, the middle-aged man had a dense beard, sharp eyes under thick eyebrows, and a scar at the corner of his eye that extended to his forehead, revealing evidence that he had experienced life-and-death battles.

  "That's right, it really is him!" Zhao Zhuo recalled from memory that the middle-aged man he had met two days ago was indeed Wang Jin, the captain of the guards at the Wang Manor.

  Wang Jin was the commander of King Zhao's guard, and had always been loyal to him. This time, when the entire Zhao family was being taken north by the Jin army, Wang Jin blended in with the laborers carrying gold, silver, and treasures, clearly coming to rescue his lord.

  Seeing Zhao Chen daze, Xing Wangfei really didn't understand at this time. The king suddenly fell ill with a high fever and was unconscious for several days. Just when she thought he would die of a high fever and was extremely heartbroken, the king miraculously woke up suddenly.

  But after the king woke up, why was he so dull? Seeing himself and his separation, there was no pain or anger, only a bitter face. Is it that he hated the heavens for being unfair, letting the entire Zhao family be captured by the despicable Jin people? The hardships that the Zhao family would encounter were unbearable to think about.

  Thinking of this, Princess Xin stretched out her right hand and gently patted Zhao Chen's shoulder, softly comforting him: "Your Highness, don't be heartbroken for the two emperors and the Tian family. Don't be heartbroken for me either. Although I'm leaving you, in life I belong to you, and in death I'll be your ghost. If the Jin army wants to humiliate me, I'll follow the three princesses - Zhao Xianlang, Zhao Xiangyun, and Zhao Jiner - and leave. I absolutely won't tarnish Your Highness's reputation. For now, only if you survive can you avenge our Great Song dynasty! Avenge the Tian family's hatred!"

  Listening to the words of Princess Xin, Zhao Xun's heart was moved. He stared into the distance with his eyes and thought: I'm not sad because my brother and family were captured, but because I'm so unlucky to have encountered this broken task and lost my life. Losing my life is one thing, but I've actually crossed over into the body of Prince Xin Zhao Xun, who has no strength at all. My luck is really too bad. The body of Prince Xin Zhao Xun is simply too weak, making it impossible for him to exert his powerful martial arts skills. He thought this in his heart, but couldn't say it out loud.

  Zhao Ke was originally a member of the special forces of the Huaxia nation. He sacrificed himself during an operation to retrieve or destroy a superweapon. However, what Zhao Ke did not expect was that he crossed over like a dog's blood. Perhaps it was a coincidence, but the owner of this body was also named Zhao Ke, and he was Zhao Ke, the King of Resistance against the Jin Dynasty in the Song Dynasty.

  In the midst of being escorted by the Golden Army, Zhao Xun, who had never suffered hardship before, fell ill due to physical and mental exhaustion from the hardships. He was unconscious for several days in a row, and at the moment when the frail young man's illness worsened, his body was taken over by Zhao Xun from the future after crossing over, and he woke up again. However, the one who woke up was the renowned super warrior Zhao Xun from the future.

  At this time, Zhao Xun's heart was surging with emotions.