Rebirth: Overthrow Song Dynasty

In the fourth year of Xuanwu, Zhao Chen went to Sichuan and Shu to put down the rebellion of the White Lotus Sect.

At that time, on the road of Shu, Zhao Chen and Zhang Ziqiu met, more than three years passed in a blink of an eye, and now it is about to enter the eighth year of Xuanwu.

Zhao Chen was still a teenager back then, more or less childish, but now he is fully grown up! Having experienced the Battle of Guanshan, Xixia, Jiangnan, and Central Plains, he has already surpassed his age in terms of courage, heart, and insight, and has reached the pinnacle of this era. At this moment, his bearing is even better than before.

Zhang Ziqiu was still the same as before, but because he was dressed like a beggar, he looked extremely down and out.

"I didn't expect you to be Emperor Xuanwu!" Zhang Ziqiu murmured, his eyes turned to Guo Yaoshi, and deep sadness appeared in his eyes again.

"Brother Zhang, your master wants to assassinate me. If I let him go, he will come again next time! He is extremely skilled in martial arts, has a firm will, and his thoughts will not change, so I can't release him. I can only release him." Execute!" Zhao Chen said.

"I understand." Zhang Ziqiu whispered.

"Brother Zhang, if I let you go, will you avenge your master?" Looking at Zhang Ziqiu's sad appearance, Zhao Chen thought for a while and said.

"If I said to avenge my master, would you kill me now?" Zhang Ziqiu looked at Zhao Chen and said coldly.

"You and I are good friends. I won't kill you, but I won't let you go either! From now on, you will spend your whole life in prison." Zhao Chen said flatly.

"Sure enough, you are worthy of being the emperor of Zhongxing Song Dynasty. You are ruthless! But don't worry, I will not kill you! The world has been in war for twenty years, and the people have suffered so much. Now it's time for the people to recuperate, even if it is for the people of the world , I can't kill you either." Zhang Ziqiu said.

"Brother Zhang is kind, I admire you! Since Brother Zhang promised not to assassinate me again, you can leave here at any time." Zhao Chen said.

"Aren't you afraid that I'll backtrack?" Zhang Ziqiu said.

"I believe in Brother Zhang's character." Zhao Chen said with a smile.

Zhang Ziqiu is a pure scholar. Although he appears to be a man in the world, he is full of bookish and bookish spirit. This kind of person is the most pedantic, and they will not break their promises.

"I want to take the master's body away," Zhang Ziqiu said.

"Okay!" Zhao Chen nodded.

At that moment Zhang Ziqiu broke free from the hands of the guards, he came to Guo Yaoshi, knelt down slowly, his eyes were full of tears.

After a while, he wiped away his tears, hugged Guo Yaoshi's body in his arms, and walked forward, the guards in front gave way.

"Brother Zhang, no matter what, you and I are friends. I appreciate Brother Zhang's knowledge and character very much! If you need help in the future, you can find me in the palace of Yanjing. If I If you can do it, you will never refuse." Seeing that Zhang Ziqiu was about to leave from the encirclement of guards, Zhao Chen thought for a while and said.

"Thank you!" Zhang Ziqiu nodded and said.

"The Great Song Dynasty under my rule is different from the previous dynasties. I have just told Master Ling that you are allowed to spread ideas freely. You are the preacher of the Demon Sect's Dao of Extinguishing Emotions, and you can also spread it in the Great Song Dynasty. Thoughts, I will not restrict them." Zhao Chen said.

"I understand, thank you! Maybe I can achieve what the master can't do! But I will not confront the imperial court head-on, but as you wish, spread my magic idea in the Song Dynasty." Zhang Ziqiu said.

Hearing this, Zhao Chen smiled slightly.

"By the way, I want to tell you one more thing. Xiaoyaozi had discussed with my master to assassinate you together, but now I haven't seen Xiaoyaozi. He doesn't know where he is hiding. You have to beware of him. "Zhang Ziqiu walked a few more steps and said suddenly.

"Okay, I see!" Zhao Chen nodded.

"I want to leave Zhongjing City with my master, and keep my filial piety for my master for three years! Miss Qin Yuzhen from the Tianshan School, and Miss Xue Susu from the Yinyang Sect are all locked up in the courtyard of the East City by my master. We will find that place, let them go." Zhang Ziqiu said.

After saying this, Zhang Ziqiu left here without looking back.

"Qin Yuzhen, Xue Susu..." Zhao Chen was stunned.

He has a deep impression on these two women! Especially Qin Yuzhen, when he saw him on Mount Zhongnan that day, he was so amazed to the extreme, that was also the first woman he really fell in love with, and he never thought that these two women are also in Zhongjing now!

"Your Majesty, our soldiers and horses have surrounded this place. If Xiaoyaozi is here, we will definitely be able to find him!" Kang An said as he walked over from a distance.

"Okay! Also, immediately interrogate these captives and find out where Guo Yaoshi's stronghold is." Zhao Chen said.

Most of the dozen or so assassins brought by Guo Yaoshi had been killed, but a few were captured alive. Immediately, Kang An agreed to come down and began to interrogate the prisoners.

In the afternoon, Zhao Chen finally found out where Guo Yaoshi's stronghold was, and he personally led the guards towards the courtyard where Guo Yaoshi was hiding before.

After arriving at the courtyard, the guards rushed in, but they didn't find anyone there.

Zhao Chen had already entered the room, where the stove was still burning, and the inside was empty, with no figures of Qin Yuzhen and Xue Susu at all.

"Send people to look for them throughout the city, and we must find them." Zhao Chen said with a sense of loss.

Yu Yunwen still followed Zhao Chen. Yu Yunwen was a little surprised that Zhao Chen attached so much importance to these two women, but he didn't ask too much about the emperor's private affairs.

"Your Majesty, I don't know what's going on in the capital now?" The two sat down in the hut, Yu Yunwen said.

"Han Shizhong led an army of 200,000 troops to Shangjing, and conquering Shangjing will be easy!" Zhao Chen said.

There are not many garrisons in Shangjing City, only 20,000 to 30,000 new Khitan troops exist. The combat effectiveness of those new troops is extremely low, and they are definitely no match for the 200,000 elite troops led by Han Shizhong!

"The only thing we need to worry about now is Yelu Dashi in the northwest! Yue Fei and Li Xianzhong went north to encircle and suppress Yelu Dashi. I'm afraid it will be another hard battle! I hope our army will not suffer too many casualties!" Zhao Chen said.

"General Yue and General Li are both well-known generals in the world. They should work together to deal with Yelu Dashi, there should be no problem." Yu Yunwen said.

"I hope so! By the way, I have some matters to discuss with you about the reform of the imperial examination!" Zhao Chen said.

The two discussed state affairs in this small room and did not leave until late at night. In the early morning of the next day, they got the news that Han Shizhong had conquered Shangjing!

Han Shizhong took the power of destroying Meng to Shangjing Linhuang Mansion, where the defenders surrendered without a fight, and Han Shizhong had already implemented military control there.

Of course, Han Shizhong also brought bad news. Yelu Yilie, the son of Yelu Dashi, was originally in the capital, but now he is missing.

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In the blink of an eye, it was October 27th, and the northern grasslands had cleared up.

It's just that the heavy snow in the past few days has turned the entire grassland into a piece of white snow! Even if the sky clears up, there's no way this snow will melt!

The north wind was howling on the grassland, and the weather was still extremely cold!

As the sun was setting, a long team of Khitans was walking on the snow at a place more than 700 miles northwest of Shangjing.

In all directions, except for snow or snow, there is an open space! In fact, for several days in a row, they have not seen a town, a tribe, or a single figure! Originally, this place was also within the territory of the Liao Kingdom, and there were countless Khitan tribes in this land. However, when the Liao Kingdom fell, Yelu Dashi went to Central Asia, and the Khitan tribes here followed Yelu Dashi to Central Asia. Over the years, there is no one here!

The team stretched for more than ten miles, including young soldiers riding horses, and some old men, women, and children sitting in carriages! It was just a long march, and the carriages gradually had problems. Many people had to get out of the carriages and walk forward on foot.

There are still cattle and sheep in this long queue, but due to the heavy snow in the past few days, most of the cattle and sheep froze to death. They put those froze-to-death cattle and sheep on the carriage, which can also be used as food on the road.

Whether they are young people or old people, women, or children, all of them look weather-beaten, their faces are flushed from the cold, and the children are still crying, while the adults are moving forward silently, some At that time, they raised their heads and looked forward, with longing looks in their eyes.

A middle-aged Khitan man walked from the back of the team to the front, and beside him were a dozen young soldiers.

His clothes were also torn, his face was full of beards, and there were quite a few white hairs in his hair.

"We are going back to our hometown!" After walking for a while, he slowed down and said to the young man beside him.

"Khan, we traveled thousands of miles. From autumn to winter, many clansmen died along the way! Less than half of our cattle and sheep are left now. I don't know how far we are from Shangjing?" A seventeen or eighteen-year-old youth road.

"It should be less than a thousand miles away from Shangjing now! Within ten days we will be able to reach Shangjing, which is the capital of our Daliao and the most prosperous place in our Daliao! Ten years later, I finally returned to my hometown Already!" the middle-aged Khitan said excitedly.

"Can we really restore the country?" Another young man asked.

"Of course we can restore the country! Over the years, we have tried our best. All the men in the clan are fighters, just like when we first founded the country two hundred years ago! Our fighters are extremely brave, not inferior to the Jurchens! I heard that After the Jurchen got our country in Liao, they became corrupt and depraved. In just over ten years, they were so corrupt that they were no match for the Han! Such a Jurchen is no longer worthy of our fear! As long as we return to Shangjing, we will be able to recover Jiangshan!" The middle-aged Khitan said excitedly.

"But, Big Khan, there are still Han people in the south! Now those Han people are very powerful, and they have conquered the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun!" the young man said again.

"The Han people are so insignificant! When the Liao Kingdom was still there, the Han people practiced the so-called 'Alliance with Jin and Destroy the Liao Dynasty'. The Jurchen went south, and they went north. On that day, there were two famous generals in the Song Dynasty who led the army, but In front of my Khitan army, they are still vulnerable! Now our Khitan army is far superior to that of the past, and they are no longer our opponents! Now everything is ready, just wait for us to return to Shangjing!" The middle-aged Khitan man laughed.

The Khitan army continued to march forward, and the sky turned dark, but they couldn't find a place to rest, so they were still marching forward in the dark.

In the middle of the night, there was a sudden sound of horseshoes in the distance.