Chapter 1: The Awakening of Shin Wang...

  All the surrendered generals thought that King Xīn of Zhāo was a gentle and elegant middle-aged king, even if they had heard that King Xīn's martial arts were powerful and he could behead the commander-in-chief in a crowd of ten thousand horses, they didn't believe it, thinking it was just a rumor. Now seeing the real person, one by one they are shocked beyond measure. His majesty, his ferocity, his affability combined together, making everyone feel a kind of awe-inspiring king-like aura that makes them want to bow down immediately.

  Zhao Song was very polite to the visiting generals, exchanged pleasantries, and then immediately announced the appointment of Cui Qing as the commander of the newly established Yun Tian Army. At the same time, the Xinfeng Army only selected the elite. Therefore, Zhao Song dispersed and reorganized Cui Qing's army, selecting the strong and eliminating the weak, and selected more than 5,000 people to undergo strict training.

  The righteous army rushed south to Baiyang. Then Zhao Song led the Imperial Guard and the Dragon Wolf Army, with about 6,000 cavalry, rushing all the way, arriving at Longping around noon.

  Xiao Deli led 5,000 cavalry to attack Tangshan. Xiao Deli and his deputy had an idea when they were in Baiyang. They obtained the war flags and uniforms captured from the Jin army, planning to disguise themselves as the Jin army, open the city gate, and then kill their way in. They were barbarian soldiers, wearing armor and battle robes all captured from the Jin army. As long as they raised a Jin army flag, no one would suspect them, especially in a place like Tangshan where the military had no idea that there were barbarian soldiers among the Xining Army.

  The garrison of Tangshan was a Han army, with two battalions and 2,000 soldiers. The commander, Hu Liu'er, was an old military officer who had surrendered to the Jin army during their first southern campaign. Because he had surrendered early and also bribed some nobles of the Jin state, he got this appointment.

  Garrisoned in Tangshan City, setting up a roadblock can also be considered a fat job. On this day, he was drinking wine when he suddenly heard that a group of barbarian cavalry had arrived, and he was very surprised. He rushed to the city wall and looked down, and was immediately frightened by the scene.

  Under the city was a dense team of cavalry with golden army flags, which could not be seen at a glance. There were at least 4,000 to 5,000 horses and men, all of whom were dressed in Jurchen military attire and looked like Jurchen soldiers. Seeing that it was a Jurchen soldier, he didn't care about anything else, immediately ordered the opening of the city gate, and personally ran out to greet them.

  The Khitan got into trouble, the Jin Dynasty divided people by ethnicity. The Jurchen people were of the highest rank, the Xianbei people came next, and then the Bohai people and the Khitan people. As for the Han people, those outside the pass were still considered to be of a relatively high status, while those inside the pass were of the lowest rank.

  If the opposing vanguard were Jurchen, it would be even more unbearable. Hu Liu'er hurried over with a smiling face to greet them. At this time, the Vanguard Commander of Xiao De's army, Hu Erhan, led a group of cavalry at the forefront. Hu Erhan's ancestors were a branch of the Mongols, and he also had some Xiliang bloodline. He was brave in battle but had a bad temper, scolding people when he saw something that didn't please him. When angry, he would hit people, and ordinary people didn't dare to provoke him.

  Hulü Khan saw Huliu'er running towards him, and he forced a smile on his face to greet her. He spoke in the Khitan language, pretending to be busy, while urging his horse to hurry. It seemed like there was some extremely urgent matter. Huliu'er followed Hulü Khan into the mountain stronghold in a daze.

  Suddenly. Hu Liu'er's waist was cool, and a battle knife came up. At this time, Hu Liu'er told the truth. He said: "If you don't want to die, let your people gather outside the city immediately."

  At this time, Hu Liu'er was so stupid that he knew the other side was a righteous army. Of course, it is also possible that they were tribes or Mongolians who defected from the Jin Dynasty.

  Hú Liù'ér certainly didn't want to die, he was afraid of death. If he wasn't afraid of death, he wouldn't have been the first to surrender to the Jin army in the beginning. So without thinking, he opened his mouth and roared: "Assemble! Assemble quickly..." In order to show cooperation with the righteous army, he added another sentence saying: "Throw me your weapons, run out of the camp, assemble outside the camp."

  Hul Khan looked at Hu Liu'er, thinking he had misheard. What kind of person was this? He would do whatever you told him to do, wasn't that a bit too obedient?

  "Is there anything else I can help with?" Hu Liu'er asked with a flattering smile, nodding and bowing. Hulun saw that Tangshan City was taken down easily, and he was in a particularly good mood.

  "This Huliu'er is really interesting," Hulü Khan said with a smile, "Do you know who I am?" At this time, Huliu'er still didn't know that the other person had a problem and thought he was just a Jin army soldier. Seeing the other person's inquiry, he thought it was not good to speak randomly. The barbarians are unpredictable, if they say something wrong, their heads will be in danger, so this Huliu'er immediately shut his mouth tightly and didn't speak randomly.

  Hulun Khan burst out laughing and pointed to the cavalry troops galloping towards them on the distant highway, telling him to take a look for himself. Hu Liu'er focused his attention again, but all he saw was that the foreign soldiers in the distance had changed their flags.

  He took one look at the flag and was immediately startled, it was actually the banner of Xing Wang. The Righteous Army of Xing Wang? Xing Wang? What a joke! Isn't Xing Wang and his army attacking Wu Zhou? Even if they grew wings, they couldn't be that fast! How did they end up at the border of Wu Zhou and Xing Zhou? And you're all Jurchen people from the Jin Dynasty, isn't Xing Wang's goal to kill the Jurchens and reclaim the rivers and mountains? If you ran into Xing Wang, would you still have your lives? This joke is too big, right?

  Hu Liu'er was ignorant and didn't know about the contradictions and relationships between the Jurchen, Khitan, Xianbei, Bohai people and other ethnic groups. He thought that the Jin people were just barbarians, all the same kind of people. His muddled brain felt more and more absurd as he thought about it, wondering if he had drunk too much wine or was having a daytime dream.

  Hul Khan burst out laughing, finding Hu Liu'er quite amusing. He patted his shoulder with force and continued to tease: "Are you willing to join the righteous army? The king not only provides meat to eat but also gives a salary, which is much better than mixing in the Jin army."

  Hu Liu'er didn't dare say no, and besides, he couldn't tell whether it was a dream or not, so he vaguely agreed, "Good, I'm willing to join the Righteous Army."

  This time Hulü Khan looked down on him, emotionally this guy is a turncoat, whatever you say is what it is. He glared at Hu Liu'er, suddenly his face turned cold, and he shouted sternly: "Do you dare to rebel?"

  At this time, Hu Liu'er was so scared that his soul flew out of the sky, and he fell off his horse, shouting for injustice. At this time, a team of righteous army officers rushed in from outside the city, quickly entering the Tangshan City government office to control the Jin Dynasty officials.

  Those Jin officials in Tangshan suddenly felt like the sky had fallen. Countless soldiers of the Righteous Army descended from heaven, entered their mansions and residences, and directly captured all of them, not a single one having a chance to escape.

  Someone pulled Hu Liu'er up. This corrupt and incompetent general of the Golden Army was completely bewildered, didn't know what was going on, and followed the person with a trembling heart to the city gate, where he saw Xiao De-li commanding the troops.

  "This is General Xiao Deli, the commander-in-chief of the Black Dragon Cavalry under King Wang's account. Don't you kneel down quickly?" Hu Liu'er didn't know what position the commander-in-chief was, neither in the Jin State nor in the Song Dynasty had such a system. He looked bewildered. Then someone said again, "Don't you kneel down?" Hu Liu'er's legs softened and he knelt down with a "thud".

  "You are a Han person, but you surrendered to the Golden Dog. Originally, we were going to kill you for sure. But since you cooperated with our actions, I won't kill you. However, even though you escaped death, you can't escape punishment. Since you admire us Northern people so much, from now on, be a servant of our warriors! Hahaha!" Xiao Deli couldn't help but laugh at the thought of this foolish and cowardly Han person becoming a servant of his own soldiers.

  Upon receiving the urgent message, Pu Jiasou, Wanyan Chaguan and Xiaren Wang Shaogan, who were guarding Shouyang, immediately mobilized their troops. They wanted to take advantage of the opportunity when Xinfeng led his main force away from Pingding to attack the pacified area.

  "Order, all troops gather immediately and prepare to attack Pingding." Wanyan Zongwang gave the order while hurrying out of the commander's tent. He said to Pu Jiasou who followed behind him: "Bring all soldiers and horses, we will launch a surprise attack on Pingding City, and we must win in one move."

  War horses galloped, bringing a huge roar of ten thousand horses rushing forward. As the sound grew louder, the ground began to shake.

  At this moment, the scorching sun was covered by dark clouds all over the sky, and the wind grew stronger and stronger. The sky turned darker and darker, and visibility became lower and lower. Suddenly, in the strong wind, the figures of fleeing refugees appeared, people looked terrified, supporting the elderly and holding children, rushing towards Le Ping City.

  At this time, Ma Zheng's expression was solemn as he held up his right hand high in the air a few miles outside the city to scout out the situation. The troops slowly came to a halt. "Deputy Commander, the Jin army has arrived, let's return to the city immediately." Zhang Ying rode forward on horseback, repeatedly advising.

  Ma Zheng shook his head, his pale mustache fluttering in the wind, and his face with deep wrinkles wrinkled even more. He pointed at the fleeing civilians with the horse whip in his hand and said loudly: "Pass on the order, bring all of Ma's army up here, block and kill the vanguard of the Jin army, and cover the retreat of the civilians."

  A strong wind howled, and raindrops the size of soybeans splashed down on the vast earth, a thick fog enveloped everything, and the air was filled with damp water vapor. Although the civilians slowed down in the muddy terrain, the vanguard of the Jin army had already been forced to stop advancing in the heavy rain. In this way, the righteous army finally escorted the civilians into Pingding City.

  Due to the heavy rain, it rained for several days. The Jin army's siege engines and arrows were all soaked in water and could not be used. In addition, the Jin army learned that there were at least 30,000 regular troops and tens of thousands of young militia in Pingding City. Therefore, Wanyan Zongwang and Pu Jia Nu temporarily retreated.

  A heavy rain, saved Pingding City. The people of Pingding City all said that this was a divine sign of King Xiang, King Xiang Zhao Chen could still summon the wind and rain to block the Jin army from thousands of miles away. The invincible King Xiang, revered by the people, began to be mythologized by the people.

  The inner city was captured by the righteous army. However, the Jin army also mobilized 50,000 troops, led by Wanyan Zongbi, also known as Aguda, to march north and strangle the righteous army.

  At this time, a horse rushed over. The scout reported to Zhao Chen in the army that the vanguard of the Jin army was ahead and the commander-in-chief of the Jin army wanted to meet with Zhao Chen himself. Zhao Chen ignored his generals' dissuasions and rode hastily to the front line of the Jin army.

  In the distance, squadrons of golden armored knights stood in formation, their presence awe-inspiring. On the highway, a large banner fluttered loudly. Under the banner, a troop of cavalrymen waited in strict array. Right ahead, a knight sat on horseback, his black cloak billowing in the wind, exuding an air of majesty.

  Zhao Dun spurred his horse and rushed forward. At this time, Wanyan Zongbi (Wuzhu) saw the former prisoner of war who was once a teenager. He couldn't believe that this was the eighteenth son of the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty whom he had met a few months ago when reviewing the prisoners.

  Zhao Yun rode his warhorse, holding a halberd in his hand, with his long hair flowing behind him. A red scarf was tied around his neck. His armor and battle robe were stained with blood, and an aura of cold killing intent emanated from his entire body. From afar, he looked like a ferocious beast that had broken free from its cage. At this moment, Zhao Yun exuded an extraordinary feeling of ferocity, majesty, and fearlessness.

  At this time, the Jin prince Wanyan Zongbi (Wuzhu) saw the eyes of King Xining Zhao Kun, and those eyes changed, like a fierce tiger in the forest, except for a sharp and murderous aura, nothing else could be seen.

  Wanyan Zongbi (Wuzhu) couldn't help but sigh, war can change a person. It can turn a saint into a coward, and it can turn a coward into a hero. He had met all the emperors and princes of the Song Dynasty, among whom Zhao Gou and this Zhao Chen were the ones who interested him the most later on.

  The war between Jin and Song turned Zhao Xun from an unknown and unremarkable Prince of Faith into a great general who killed in all directions and won every battle. It also turned the brilliant King Kang of Song, Zhao Gou, who excelled in both literature and martial arts and had remarkable courage, into a coward who only knew how to flee and beg for mercy from the Emperor.

  Wanyan Zongbi (Wuzhu) secretly sighed, his heart heavy as lead. When he first saw Zhao Xun, it was when the Zhao family was captured by the Jin army. All of the Zhao family's princes except for Zhao Gou were caught. As a prince of the Jin country, he naturally wanted to take a look at those who were said to be a group of extremely weak and timid emperors and princes of the Song Dynasty.

  At first, the Zhao Kun he saw was not impressive, just a thin and weak young man. The Zhao Kun he saw here had completely changed into another person. Wanyan Zongbi (Wuzhu) saw the eyes of Zhao Kun that were full of murderous intent, saw the armor on Zhao Kun's body that was covered in scars, and he could imagine what had happened before.

  Jin Jun failed to annihilate Zhao Kun at Wuma Mountain, and the pursuing troops who annihilated Zhao Kun and the Jin army who blocked him in various places also failed to stop Zhao Kun. All the fierce battles between the Jin army and Zhao Kun ended in defeat.

  Can his own army withstand Zhao Yun? Wanyan Zongbi (Wuzhu) urged his horse forward. The two horses looked at each other from a distance and stopped.

  Zhao Yun smiled slightly, but didn't say a word. As for Wanyan Zongbi (Wuzhu), what he heard the most was about the future war between him and Yue Fei. Of course, at present, Wanyan Zongbi (Wuzhu) wasn't yet a commander who could take charge of everything on his own.

  Wanyan Zongbi (Wuzhu) opened his mouth and said: "You've changed, when you were a prisoner of war I saw you, a timid young man with a fearful look on your face. Today, I see that you are a commander who kills in all directions. When I see your appearance, I know that the words spoken to Zhao Gou will not work for you. So, I only want to say one sentence to you: go south! The south is where your hometown is. You go south, and we'll let you through."

  Xin Wang smiled slightly and said, "Just like Wang Yan? I, Xin Wang, am determined to drive you Jurchens out and rescue all members of my Zhao family. If I don't fulfill this vow, I will never head south!"

  King Zhao Xun rode his horse away, Wanyan Zongbi (Wuzhu) stood with his hands behind his back, watching Zhao Xun leave. To be honest, he admired this King of Trust. Compared to him, that Zhao Gou was a scoundrel, being manipulated by them at will.

  At this time, Shi Jia Nu walked over and said, "Is this Zhao Chen? He's not like what you described." "The battlefield can temper a person, it can change a person. He is actually a true hero," Wanyan Zongbi (Wuzhu) said, "He killed from Zhending to Neiqiu in just over ten days, you can imagine how he came through the killing."

  When he heard this, Shi Jia Nu was shocked and said: "Really?" If it's true, then the Jin army in various places was defeated so quickly, which means that the situation in the entire Hebei West Road has turned upside down, and the occupied area of the entire Jin country will be stirred up again. Shi Jia Nu thought about it more and more, and he was even more afraid, shivering with fear several times. "General, if what you say is true, then even the cunning Guo Yao Shi failed." Wanyan Zongbi (Wuzhu) sighed long and gloomily: "He failed, and went to his second brother's camp to plead guilty."

  This time, the failure of the southern expedition to Bianliang was as swift as the destruction of Liao, and the strategy of taking the Great Song Dynasty by force was immediately abolished. The Jin State will once again take the road of changing its strategy. At the same time, the emperor and generals must send troops north to attack Zhao Chen in order to clear obstacles.

  Wanyan Zongbi (Wuzhu) brought an army of only 10,000 Jurchen soldiers, the rest were Han Chinese slaves with no fighting power. Wanyan Zongbi's expedition north this time was actually at the behest of Wanyan Zongwang. Wanyan Zongwang wanted him to make a show of force and intimidate Zhao Kuangyin, forcing him to retreat south.

  "What to do now?" Shi Jia Nu asked, looking worried. Wanyan Zongbi (Wuzhu) did not speak. Second Brother was more courageous and resourceful than others, he certainly had a plan to deal with Zhao Chen.

  Xin Wang Zhao Kuang arrived at Nei Qiu in just over a dozen days from True Definition, and the entire Wo Prefecture was occupied. On the surface, this matter is simply impossible to accomplish. But now he has occupied Nei Qiu. All the prefectures of Wo Prefecture have become the people of the Righteous Army, and Xin Wang Zhao Kuang has turned an impossible thing into a possible one. Is it really true that Xin Wang Zhao Kuang is so formidable?

  From the current situation, to ensure Jin army's stability in the occupied areas of the north, they must first ensure the number of northern troops. In fact, the Jin army deployed a large number of troops on both the Hedong and Hebei routes. However, they were all defeated by Zhao Kuangyi.

  Wanyan Zongbi (Wuzhu) did not engage in battle with Zhao Kuangyi, and retreated to defend Xiangzhou City. The leaders of the righteous army who were attacking various places sent people to report to Zhao Kuangyi one after another. They had already captured Tangshan, Julu and other places. The righteous army came too suddenly, and the Jin army was caught off guard, collapsing at the first blow.

  At this time, outside Pingding City, under the leadership of Ma Zheng, all the people, livestock and luggage had safely retreated beyond the defensive line of Pingding City. Now more than 400,000 people are moving towards Taihang Mountain.

  In the states of Wu and Xing, the governor's office led by Gao Yunfei had taken over the administration of various places, was comforting the local people, and rebuilding the official institutions at all levels. He gradually showed his ability to manage government affairs, this guy is not good at fighting, but his ability to manage government affairs is surprisingly outstanding. Let Zhao Chen deeply feel that he has picked up a treasure.

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