Chapter 1: The Awakening of Shin Wang...

  Gao Yun flew to report the situation of money, materials and supplies to Zhao Jun. He believed that Wang's army had captured a lot in the process of conquering Weizhou, Zhending, Wozhou and other places. Now the commander's mansion has money and grain, and various materials are also very abundant. At present, all other things are secondary, and the most important thing is that there is enough food for the military and civilians in the occupied area to use for several months. Before the autumn harvest, it is absolutely no problem to ensure that all military and civilians eat their fill.

  Now that the troops are continuously fighting, they are very tired and need to take a break from battle for a while. Therefore, the commander's headquarters can reorganize the army on one hand, and use the military market, wine and tea shops, brothels, and gaming houses to earn back the money in the hands of the officers and soldiers on the other hand, in order to maintain expenses. Of course, these are all handled by capable people sent by Gao Yunfei. Zhao Ze doesn't need to worry about it anymore.

  According to the scouts' report, Wanyan Zongbi (Wuzhu) led the Jin army has withdrawn back to the Xingzhou line and currently shows no signs of attacking.

  The Jin army retreated, which is equivalent to admitting defeat. For the Jin army, not winning the Battle of Tokyo is a failure. The Jin army's obstruction was all due to the credit of General Zongze.

  At first, Zhao Gou was hard to escape, and Zong Ze stayed in the capital to defend against the enemy alone. As soon as he took office, he actively threw himself into the arduous struggle of defending the capital. After taking office, he immediately set about rectifying social order, stabilizing market prices, dredging rivers, and restoring transportation.

  After months of hard work, Zong Ze transformed Kaifeng, a city that had been ravaged by the Jin army and left in ruins, into a strong fortress on the front line against the Jin. Once social order was initially stabilized, Zong Ze focused on rebuilding the defensive facilities of the capital.

  In the four walls of the capital, a unified leader was appointed to guard and defend, and training grounds were set up everywhere to intensify the training of the righteous army day and night. Zong Ze established 24 strong fortresses outside the city based on the geographical situation, with troops stationed in large numbers according to their size. Zong Ze attached great importance to the Yellow River defense line, dividing the river's defenses among the counties for defense, and setting up obstacles on the south bank of the river to prevent enemy cavalry from breaking through. Along the river's route, a series of connected strongholds were established in sequence, supporting and responding to each other.

  Zong Ze summarized the reasons for the defeat of the Jin army, that is, our infantry could not withstand the impact of the Jin army's cavalry, and often collapsed after one charge. On the basis of summarizing the experience of his predecessors, he manufactured 1,200 "victory cars". Its system is: 1 person drives the car, 8 people push the car, 2 people support the wheel; 3 people hold signs to assist the car, 20 people hold long guns to assist the car, and 18 people use divine arm bows to shoot far away with guns. Each war chariot uses 55 people. Every 10 cars are led by a grand envoy, forming a team. When marching, they form an array, when stopping, they form a camp, specializing in countering the enemy's cavalry attack.

  In the winter of Jianyan 1 (1128), the Jin army repeatedly crossed the Yellow River, harassing the prefectures and counties along the river, as well as the riverine strongholds south of Luoyang. They launched a probing attack. Zong Ze defended Kaifeng, calmly deploying troops and dispatching generals to repel the Jin army's attacks multiple times. A notable feature of Zong Ze's defense of Kaifeng was that he did not simply sit and guard the isolated city; instead, he took the initiative to attack. When the Jin army crossed the river, some officials in the Dongjing Leave Guard suggested dismantling the pontoon bridges on the Yellow River to prevent the enemy from approaching. Zong Ze dispatched Liu Yan to lead 20,000 troops and 200 war chariots to Luoyang, and Liu Da to lead 20,000 troops and 200 war chariots to Zhengzhou, with orders to go out and harass the enemy. He also instructed his generals not to act rashly, but to protect the bridges and wait for the enemy army to cross the river and attack, at which point they would annihilate them.

  Jin Bing saw Zong Ze's strict precautions, took advantage of the night to cut off the river bridge, and blocked the pursuing troops. He fled in a hurry. The Jin army was unwilling to accept defeat, and soon launched another attack from Zhengzhou. The vanguard arrived at Baitu Town, only about 20 kilometers away from the capital city. Zong Ze remained calm and composed, on the one hand stabilizing the minds of the people in the capital city, and on the other hand dispatching elite forces to support Liu Yan.

  On the night of Lantern Festival, January 15th, the Song army defeated the Jin army at Banqiao, and then recovered Yanjin, Heyin, and Xiangcheng counties. They pursued all the way to Huazhou. Liu Yan also divided his troops to launch a surprise attack on the Jin army's camp 15 kilometers west of Huazhou, capturing all their supplies and grain. This battle to defend the capital ended with a complete victory for the Song army. The Battle of Dongjing thoroughly crushed the Jin army's plan to march south, and Zong Ze's military achievements were brilliant.

  Unfortunately, Zongze encountered the dizzy monarch Zhao Gou, and the rotten wood could not be supported. Zhao Gou was afraid of death and fled south, and even did things like secretly attacking the righteous army, which hurt his loved ones and pleased his enemies, damaging the great cause of resisting the Jin dynasty.

  This year, the Jin Emperor Wanyan Zong ordered the main force of the Jin army to march south in three routes. The eastern route army led by Wanyan Zongxiao marched from Cangzhou (after crossing the river, they formed a pincer movement with the central route army to attack Dongjing, and then drove straight to Huazhou, where they were repelled. Afterwards, they turned their troops eastward and launched a surprise attack along the river.

  In February this year, Weizhou and Qingzhou were captured. The central route army led by Wanyan Zonghan crossed the river from Heyang and marched eastward, with Dongjing as its target, and another army was divided to attack the southwest of the capital. In the spring, the western route army led by Wanyan Lou Shi successively attacked and broke through Jingzhao Prefecture, Fengxiang Prefecture and other places.

  The Jin army quickly occupied many states and counties from Xizhou in the west to Qingzhou in the east within less than three months. Due to the stubborn resistance of Song Dongjing's defender, Zong Ze, in Dongjing, the Jin army's plan for a pincer movement and simultaneous advance on three fronts was not fully realized, and they were forced to retreat successively.

  After Jin Jun's return, to resolve the worries behind, he concentrated his forces and launched an attack on the Song army north of the Yellow River and the anti-Jin righteous armies in various places. After the Battle of Dongjing, with the main force of the Jin army moving north, the situation north of the Yellow River changed very favorably for the Jin army but very unfavorably for the righteous armies. Although the Jin state would not change its predetermined national policy of moving south due to its own development needs, its attitude towards the righteous armies would definitely change, from restraint to extermination.

  So, the Jin army began to gather troops from all directions and prepare to deal with Zhao Chen, the increasingly powerful and majestic King of Xin. The righteous army of King Xin Zhao Chen was about to face its most difficult time, and Zhao Chen immediately stopped attacking, withdrew his troops, and began to respond to the siege and ambush by the Jin army.

  Thanks to Gao Yunfei's hosting, everything in Xing Wangjun's occupied area is proceeding in an orderly manner. In addition, Zhao Chen used some reputable scholars and former Song Dynasty officials to govern various places in the occupied areas, so Zhao Chen still has a relatively free time now.

  Today, Zhao Xun is going to start training his child soldiers. The child soldiers are the children and teenagers rescued by Zhao Xun from the Jin people. The younger ones are around 10 years old, while the older ones are 13 or 14 years old, but they all have good physical abilities and have received careful brainwashing education from Zhao Xun to be loyal only to him.

  Zhao Kui selected 5,000 people and prepared to personally train them specially. Zhao Kui's direct command of the Guards Regiment now has only 1,000 people. He thinks he should build a powerful elite "Special Forces" team. The Boy Scouts at this time are the special forces team he is preparing to establish.

  Five thousand boy scouts stood in neat rows, a sea of black. Zhao Chen walked quickly to the front. This was a previously designated school field, very large, enough for five thousand people to relax.

  The letter arrived at the Wang Temple, and these boy scouts stood like nails. Zhao Ke walked among them, kicking this one's leg and pulling that one's hand. Indeed, as Wang Jin said, these boy scouts were very obedient, their military posture already had a bit of a future soldier's appearance. Five thousand people stood in the field, silent as a crow, even though they were five thousand young men and children, there was also a stern and murderous aura about them.

  In front of the five thousand boy scouts, there was a flag. On the flag was a huge golden dragon, its mouth wide open, revealing sharp teeth and claws, vividly lifelike.

  "From today on... I will personally train you all..." Zhao Chen said, looking at them and reading the psychology of each young man's face: "Perhaps... you are wondering why you must stand like this, it is to make you listen honestly and seriously to what I have to say. Of course, it is my voice, not someone else's, not yours, nor yours, but mine! Your master, your only commander! I believe in King's words. Now, let me tell you about the discipline you must follow!"

  At this time, Zhao Xun recalled his days as a instructor in his previous life. He looked at several team leaders, who were all second-rate masters, some of whom were even martial arts masters captured by the Golden Dog. These people were extremely loyal to Zhao Xun, and the training he gave them was beyond their time.

  He wants to train these five thousand boy scouts into versatile warriors who can fight on horseback, fight on foot, run faster than horses and fight without regard for their lives. Moreover, Zhao Song also wants each of them to have refined martial arts skills, sincerely teaching them his own special forces knowledge and the techniques of various weapons.

  In summary, in order to train these young boys, Zhao Yun had to keep it a secret. There was no one else on the training grounds except for them, and there were no civilians around, so Zhao Yun gave them a stern lecture.

  Standing at attention is a test of a person's endurance, it can make soldiers realize the importance and necessity of training in the shortest time. All modern military training starts with standing at attention, if one can stand at attention well, then subsequent training can proceed gradually and in an orderly manner.

  Looking at a group of future elite warriors, Zhao Yun couldn't help but think of the invincible Boy Scouts of Chu Bawang. Legend has it that Chu Bawang had 800 Boy Scouts, and some say he had 8,000. Anyway, there weren't many people, but each one could hold off ten. If Chu Bawang hadn't been so hot-tempered, failing once and then jumping into the Wu River to kill himself, the Boy Scouts would have lost their commander, either killing themselves or jumping into the river or dying in battle. With just these Boy Scouts, the Overlord actually had countless opportunities to come back like Liu Bang.

  Coming back to his senses, Zhao Xun said: "I chose your flag, it's the Golden Dragon, which will be my personally led elite army. However, you are not worthy of this flag now, and you are not worthy of fighting alongside me, do you know why?" No one answered, that was to be expected. It was impossible for a group of young children to understand Zhao Xun's meaning.

  Zhao Xun smiled and said, "If one day your enemies see this flag, they will immediately be scared out of their wits and wet their pants. At that time, you can become the true army of the King of Mi! A qualified Boy Scout!" Instantly, the hearts of the young men resonated with him.

  King of Faith! Savior of the people. A lofty, selfless person who would sacrifice their life for what they believe in. To be a warrior led by him personally, when the enemy sees their flag, they are so scared that they wet their pants, what an honorable thing!

  "But for now, you're just a dish on the menu! Do you know what a dish is? It's something on someone else's plate that gets eaten by others! That's what you are! Not convinced? Well, let me tell you, you're not even close to being enough. What I need are elite warriors who can take on ten men alone. Next, I'll be training your military formations, your physical strength, your weapon skills and killing techniques. I'll teach you things you never thought of, but only if you listen to my commands will you become my trusted generals. Do you know what a real soldier looks like?"

  Zhao Yun gazed fiercely at them, and with a final wave of his hand said: "The kind of soldiers I want are those who can kill more than twice as many enemies as there are of us. Ten men can kill a hundred enemies. When we have fifty or sixty men, I can lead you to charge into the midst of thousands of enemy troops, and then bring you back, leaving behind for the enemy... only corpses!"

  The boys still stood there. "Maybe you don't believe me, I don't ask you to believe!" Zhao Ke's words stirred up several of the boys, perhaps they wanted to say something, but they didn't say anything. They were like a blank sheet of paper, whatever Zhao Ke said was what it was. They still remembered that sentence Zhao Ke had said before - only my voice!

  "You'll find out later!" Zhao Chen said sternly, "Next, I want to talk about discipline. Before you take any action without my orders, you must report to the commander! Yes, you will call me Commander, because I am the only master of this army. In this army, unless I personally appoint you, you will not be commanded by anyone else. I am King, and forever will be the Commander of the Golden Dragon Army."

  What is modernized military training? What is cruel training? Too simple, countless squats or holding a pose non-stop.

  From attention, stand at ease, cross legs, squat down, stand up, sit on the spot, turn left, turn right, turn forward, turn backward, turn left, turn right, with so-and-so as the center, assemble immediately. Run, jog, long-distance cross-country running, salute, sing the military song written by Zhao himself.

  Under Zhao Chen's personal supervision, the training every day was very strict. However, the food for the young scouts was also very good, with three meals a day and meat in every meal.

  Zhao Xun made them engage in actual combat training every day, directly confronting each other. They ran dozens of kilometers every day and also practiced formation tactics. Under such rigorous training, the young soldiers were injured every day. Zhao Xun specially provided them with some earthworm-based medicine and anti-inflammatory herbs to prevent their wounds from becoming infected.

  All of this training took a month to complete, and the scouts gradually entered a state. One by one, their physiques became robust, and they adapted to the cruel training and no longer fell behind. Of course, there were also those who dropped out due to physical or mental weakness, and they were kicked out of the team by Zhao Chen. However, more young people with strong willpower were sent to the Golden Dragon Scout Troop.

  Time entered July, and at the beginning of this month, a major event occurred. In Tokyo, the great anti-Jin pillar, Zong Ze, passed away due to illness. On July 1st, Zong Ze finally succumbed to his illness, calling out "crossing the river" three times in a row as he was dying, and died with his eyes open.

  At this moment, Zhao Xun was telling a story to his future elite troops. "In the distant west, there was once a powerful nation, their name was... Sparta!"

  Zhao Zhuang wanted to cultivate the fighting power of the Boy Scouts, first and foremost they had to know what a true warrior was. So he told them the story of the Spartans. Afraid that the boys wouldn't be able to hear him, he made simple megaphones out of iron sheets and hung them on wooden poles around the playground. He took a deep breath, shouted loudly and clearly, striving to make sure every boy could hear him.

  "The Spartans valued the spirit of martial power, and the entire Spartan society was like a strictly managed military camp. When a Spartan baby was born, it would be taken to the elder for examination, and if the elder thought he was unhealthy, he would be thrown into the wilderness of the abandoned infant field! In other words, go die!"

  "After the child is born, the mother will give the baby a bath with strong liquor. If he convulses or loses consciousness, this proves that his physique is not strong and he should be left to die because he cannot grow up to be a good warrior. Boys are raised by their parents before they are seven years old. Parents cultivate habits in them from an early age, such as not loving to cry, not being picky eaters, not making noise, not fearing darkness, and not fearing solitude."

  "Boys over seven years old were enrolled in teams to undergo collective military training. They were required to obey their leaders absolutely, and to increase their courage, physical strength and ferocity. They practiced running, throwing discus, boxing, fencing and wrestling. To train the children's obedience and endurance, they were flogged with a whip once a year during festivals to worship gods. They knelt in front of the temple, the fiery whip falling like raindrops, but were not allowed to beg for mercy or cry out."

  "When boys turn twelve, around your age, they are enlisted into the youth corps. However, their lives become even more brutal. They shave their heads and go barefoot, wearing only one outer garment regardless of winter or summer. Their daily food is scarce, but they are encouraged to sneak out and steal food to eat. Of course, if they get caught stealing, they will be severely beaten when they return because their thieving skills are not advanced enough. There's a legend about a youth who stole a live fox and hid it in his chest. But then it was time for roll call. The boy stood still, the fox biting him under his clothes. To avoid being discovered, he remained motionless until the fox bit him to death."

  "After the age of twenty, Spartan males became full-time soldiers. They would get married at thirty but still had to participate in military training every day. At sixty they would retire, but remained reserve soldiers. Spartan girls stayed at home until the age of seven, but instead of weaving and doing household chores all day, they were engaged in physical exercises, learning running, wrestling, discus throwing, and fighting. The Spartans believed that only physically strong mothers could give birth to robust warriors."

  "Spartan women were very brave and strong, they didn't fear seeing their sons wounded or killed on the battlefield. When a Spartan mother sent her son to battle, she wouldn't wish him a safe return, but instead gave him a shield and said: 'Either come back with this, or be carried on it.' Meaning either return victorious with your shield, or die honorably and be carried back on it."

  The Spartans despised cultural education. Young people were only required to know how to write orders and notes. The Spartans demanded that their children speak concisely, directly, and cultivate the habit of being taciturn from an early age. They spoke as if they were giving military orders. Once, a king threatened the King of Sparta, ordering him to obey his commands or he would raze Sparta to the ground. The King of Sparta's response was: "Come on!"

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