Rebirth: Overthrow Song Dynasty

At this moment in Guanshan, the weather has become hot.

More than 20 miles north of Chang'an City, there is a huge military camp here, with more than 20,000 soldiers stationed here.

When the sky just dawned, more than 20,000 soldiers had already assembled, and they began training near the barracks.

An hour after the sun rose, the soldiers stopped and began to enter the barracks to rest.

This is Han Shizhong's Han family army!

Compared with other armies in the south of the Yangtze River, the Han family army is already considered exceptionally elite. However, compared to the Forbidden Army, Huanqing Army, Jingyuan Army, etc. in the west, they are still far behind. In such hot weather, the Forbidden Army, Huanqing Army, and Jingyuan Army will not stop training. They are training hard every moment and preparing for the war.

Han Shizhong himself also came to a shady place. He sat cross-legged under a tree and began to meditate.

After another half an hour, the sound of horseshoes was suddenly heard in the distance.

Han Shizhong opened his eyes.

I saw a few cavalry from the south rushing into the barracks. At the beginning, some people intercepted them, but after these people showed their tokens, someone immediately led them towards Han Shizhong.

These people were all dressed up as soldiers of the rebel army. When they came to Han Shizhong, they immediately knelt down.

"You came to my barracks, what's the matter?" Han Shizhong still sat cross-legged, looking at the rebel soldiers, and asked.

"General Han, Master Zongze ordered us to come to you! There is extremely important news from Jiangnan!" said a captain who was the leader of the rebel army.

"Extremely important news? What is it?" Han Shizhong asked in surprise.

"We don't know too much either! It's just that after Master Zongze got the news, he looked anxious. He ordered us to invite you, General Han, and also sent someone to invite General Zhang Junzhang." The captain said.

"Oh?" Han Shizhong was a little surprised.

"Lord Zongze told you to go to Chang'an immediately," said the captain.

"I see." Han Shizhong said.

Immediately Han Shizhong stood up, he ordered his own soldiers, and led more than a hundred of them on horseback towards Chang'an City in the south.

The sun was hot in the sky, and the soldiers were sweating profusely, complaining one by one.

Han Shizhong was thinking about what is so urgent?

He thought to himself, could it be that the news of Zongze's truce reached Jiangnan, and Zhao Gou had already made a decision? This possibility is very high! It has been five months since the beginning of the year, and Han Shizhong doesn't know what happened in Jiangnan. Why is there no news now?

In fact, the news of Guan Shan had reached Jiangnan in early February, but the news was intercepted by the intelligence officers in the Jiangnan imperial camp. Then the Miao Liu mutiny occurred in mid-February. On the eighth day of March, Zhao Chen led a 100,000 navy to Lin'an, and Zhao Gou was executed. So until now, they have not received a reply from Zhao Gou.

"If the news from Jiangnan comes, I'm afraid Guanshan will fight again! However, the Jurchen went to the north of the river and is said to be attacking Yanmen Pass! The hundreds of thousands of Jurchen troops from the north have not yet gone south! We only rely on our Han family army, Zhang family army, and the rebel army , may not be able to defeat the enemies in Guanshan." Han Shizhong secretly said.

The Han family army's barracks were only 20 miles away from Chang'an City. In less than an hour, Han Shizhong had already arrived at the gate of Chang'an City.

The defenders of Chang'an City hurriedly opened the gate, and Han Shizhong led his troops into it.

Those soldiers are very hungry at the moment, they have trained all morning and traveled for so long, of course they are hungry. But Han Shizhong was going to the City Lord's Mansion now, so they could only continue to follow, hoping to get something to eat there.

As soon as they came to the government office in Chang'an City, several generals of the rebel army rushed over immediately.

These rebel generals are full of anxiety.

"What happened?" Han Shizhong was more and more surprised.

"Lord Zongze, General Wang, and General Zhang are waiting for you inside!" said a rebel general.

Han Shizhong nodded.

At that moment, Han Shizhong entered a room in the government office.

*** ***

In the room, Zong Ze, Wang Yan, and Zhang Jun were all here, and all three of them looked anxious.

"What's the matter?" Han Shizhong asked immediately after entering.

"We just got the news that the Jiangnan imperial camp is in chaos! Miao Fu, Liu Zhengyan and others have killed Wang Yuan, and now they have controlled the entire Lin'an City, and His Majesty is also imprisoned by them." Zong Ze said.

"What!" Han Shizhong was taken aback!

Soon, he thought of a question and said, "When did this happen?"

"This happened in mid-February," Zong Ze said.

"Why did the incident in mid-February spread here now?" Han Shizhong said.

"This..." Zong Ze also froze there.

When I was in Jiangnan, the intelligence department deployed many intelligence personnel. At that time, these intelligence personnel were deployed for two main purposes. One was to prevent Zhao Gou from escaping from Lin'an, and the other was to intercept the news from Jiangnan and prevent the news from Jiangnan from spreading quickly to Guanshan, so as to prevent the Jiangnan army in Guanshan go south. Now that these two goals have been fully realized, the reason why Zong Ze and others got the news today is because the person who summoned them was sent by Zhao Chen.

"This matter is very strange!" Han Shizhong said.

"Regardless of whether it's strange or not, tell me how to deal with this matter?" Zong Ze said.

"We have to go south immediately to rescue His Majesty!" Zhang Jun said.

"If it happened in mid-February, it would have been two and a half months now! Liu Guangshi was suppressing bandits around Dongting Lake. He must have gotten the news. He traveled from Dongting Lake to Lin'an, and it took a month at most! I think he has already wiped out the rebellion in the Jiangnan imperial camp." Wang Yan said.

"Nonsense! What if His Majesty has not been rescued? We must go south immediately! There can be no delay!" Zhang Jun said.

Zhang Jun, Han Shizhong and others were all single-handedly promoted by Zhao Gou, and they are grateful to Zhao Gou. Especially Zhang Jun, everything about him comes from Zhao Gou, and he will never allow Zhao Gou to have any accidents.

"What happened in February, now, if there are any bad consequences, I'm afraid it has already happened! Even if we go south, it will be useless! It will take a month or two to go to Jiangnan from here! After we arrive in Jiangnan, It's too late." Han Shizhong said after thinking for a moment.

"I don't care! I have to go south! If you don't want to go south, I will lead my 100,000 troops to go south!" Zhang Jun said.

"Let's think about it carefully!" Han Shizhong said.

At this moment, the voice of reporting suddenly came from outside again, Zong Ze frowned and asked someone to come in immediately.

I saw a few soldiers kneeling on the ground, and one soldier said: "My lord, is there someone from Jiangnan again?"

Zong Ze was taken aback, and said, "Another person is here? Who is it?"

The soldier said: "He said that he is the censor in the court, and his name is Wanqixi!"

Before Zong Ze could speak, Zhang Jun had already said, "Let him in quickly!"

A moment later, a middle-aged civil official with a slightly tall figure and a dark and thin appearance entered the room. It was Qin Hui's confidant and a famous treacherous official in history, Wan Qixie! Qin Hui had already taken refuge in Zhao Chen, so naturally Wan Qixi also took refuge in Zhao Chen! At this time, it was Zhao Chen who sent Wan Qixi to convey the news.

"Master Wan, it really is you! Tell me quickly, how is Jiangnan doing now?" Zhang Jun strode up to Wan Chengxie and asked anxiously.

"My lords, something bad happened in Jiangnan!" Wan Qixi was out of breath at the moment, he also rushed all the way from Jiangnan to here, he hardly had much rest, and now he is exhausted! He originally planned to wait until tomorrow to tell the news, but who would have thought that when he arrived, he would be questioned face to face.

"What's wrong with Jiangnan? What's wrong with it?" Zhang Jun said, feeling a little chilly all over his body.

"Emperor Jianyan has been killed!" Wan Qixie said.

"What! Impossible!" Zhang Jun blushed and shouted.

"Impossible! How could Emperor Jianyan be killed?" Han Shizhong couldn't believe it at the moment.

As for Zong Ze and Wang Yan, they are also staying there at the moment!

They just got the news that Miao and Liu had mutinied, and now they got the news that Zhao Gou was killed, which had a great impact on them!

"Say it quickly! Why did you lie to us? How could His Majesty be killed?" Zhang Jun suddenly grabbed Wan Qixi by the collar and asked.

Wan Chengxie's face also turned red, and he struggled with all his strength, but he couldn't breathe air at all.

Han Shizhong took a step forward at this moment, and patted Zhang Jun's hand. A wave of internal force came, and Zhang Jun involuntarily let go of his hand. Zhang Jun was horrified, thinking that Han Shizhong's martial arts were getting stronger and stronger.

"Master Wan, tell me carefully, what's going on?" Han Shizhong said.

"Okay! I'll tell you, my lords." Wan Qixi gasped for a while, and then said when his breathing calmed down.

Anyway, he had already received Zhao Chen's order to convey the news to Zong Ze and others, so he began to speak slowly.

He started from the mutiny of Miao and Liu, until Zhao Chen entered the army and entered Lin'an, where Zhao Gou, Zhao Tang and others were all executed.

After Wan Qixi finished speaking, Zong Ze, Han Shizhong, Wang Yan, and Zhang Jun stayed there again.

"How is it possible? We are here to prepare for war, and they actually sent a large army down the Yangtze River! How could this happen?" Han Shizhong said in a daze.

"I don't believe it! It must be fake! I must go back to Jiangnan to have a look!" Zhang Jun said coldly.

Zong Ze and Wang Yan were secretly guessing at the moment, thinking that this matter might be true.

At this time, the voice of soldiers reporting came from outside again.

After receiving so much news during this day, Zong Ze felt a little flustered when he heard the report again. He ordered the soldiers to come over, and the soldiers reported that it was Yu Yunwen who asked to see him.

Hearing Yu Yunwen begging to see him, Zong Ze was shocked again! He knew that Yu Yunwen was Zhao Chen's confidant and an important figure in Guan Shan, why did he suddenly appear here? Why didn't he get any news when Yu Yunwen came? Did he come here at this time because of Jiangnan's affairs?

"Please hurry up!" Zong Ze said after a while.

At this moment Wan Qixie had a faint mocking smile on his face, he knew that Yu Yunwen would come with "evidence"! He came to Guanshan from Jiangnan with hundreds of people before, and some of them had already gone to see Yu Yunwen and handed over the "evidence" to Yu Yunwen.