Chapter 1: The Awakening of Shin Wang...

  He was worried that the various righteous armies were in high spirits, and he would have to fight to the death, but it seemed that the Song people couldn't withstand a single blow. Even if they shouted loudly, their morale was still high, but they were just a bunch of disorganized mobs. As soon as they saw his 2,000 cavalry charge forward, they immediately turned around and ran away, and the cowardly Song people were still afraid of death.

  "Beat the drum..." Ma Zheng whipped his horse to a gallop, shouting loudly in front of the army: "Brothers, fight to the death! Today we swear to fight to the end!" He was really disappointed. He had thought that Xing Wang Zhao Chen and the surrendering faction's Zhao Gou were different, determined to resist the Jin Dynasty. Now it seemed that Xing Wang was also a weakling, ordering the army to retreat in front of the enemy lines, completely useless. Ma Zheng, who had fought for half his life in the northwest military campaigns, was furious at Xing Wang's sudden order to retreat.

  At this time, Zhao Xun arrived, he ran extremely fast, sat down and the four hooves of his warhorse were in mid-air, like a whirlwind, he arrived in the blink of an eye. "Withdraw, withdraw..." Zhao Xun waved his hand repeatedly, his eyes wide with urgency, he shouted: "Waiting for death? Don't run quickly, run quickly...!"

  Sound the golden drum to retreat, and add that Qian Sui himself is calling for a run. What's not fast about running? "Boom..." More than 20,000 people suddenly turned around and ran, each one fleeing quickly, covering their heads and scurrying away, as if they wished their parents had given birth to two more legs.

  "Throw away the big flag, all of them." Zhao Xu couldn't forget about throwing away the big flag and whenever he saw a flag bearer, he would shout until his voice was hoarse.

  Just then, a loud rumbling sound was heard, and the ground suddenly shook. From the northeast horizon, a dark and massive team suddenly rushed out, bathed in the twilight of the setting sun, like a black shock wave, speeding at an incredible speed, rushing towards them like a rolling tide.

  A loud rumbling sound came from afar, shaking the ears and making them deaf, as if the sky was falling and the earth was sinking. The retreating soldiers of various righteous armies and tens of thousands of righteous army were shocked to look back, instantly changing color, wailing like ghosts and wolves, and running even faster with their two legs.

  "It's here, it's finally here!" Zhao Xin excitedly shouted and yelled, raising his arm to command: "Order all units, blow the horn, prepare to counterattack..."

  Zhao Ju's war horse let out a long whinny, its front hooves standing upright as it rose up, its hind legs kicking back. Its massive body instantly turned around. "Raise the flag, raise the flag..." Zhao Ju waved his arms wildly, shouting at the top of his lungs, "All troops, reassemble, reassemble..."

  The infantry and cavalry of the Imperial Guard stopped first, guarding Zhao Song's side, and lined up on both sides. The banner of King Xīn was raised again. "Hoo... hoo..." The gathering horn sounded.

  The militia had not undergone systematic training and could not be commanded to stop at will. Where could they stop? However, countless militiamen and braves, although still fleeing in disorder, began to slow down their pace of retreat after hearing the assembly call. The militiamen all turned their heads to look back, wondering whether it was a retreat or an assembly. Suddenly, the alarm bugle sounded repeatedly on the battlefield, causing chaos.

  The Golden Army cavalry, which had been charging forward with a loud whirring sound, suddenly slowed down. The main force of the Golden Army soldiers, who were preparing to charge forward, also gradually came to a stop. Pu Jia Nu's eyes suddenly widened in shock, and he was extremely shocked, with a strong feeling of suffocation that almost stopped him from breathing.

  Seeing the surging torrent, he knew he had fallen into a trap. The King of Song Dynasty actually still hid such a large army, and just from the rolling waves, there were tens of thousands of cavalry, he was outmaneuvered...!

  The golden soldiers saw the surging flood coming towards them, and a breath of death suddenly rose from the bottom of their hearts. The golden soldiers' joy of victory suddenly fell to the ground, and despair quickly spread throughout their bodies.

  The main force of the Jin army is either on the southern front or in Kyoto. Now, near Le Ping, there are no large numbers of Jin soldiers at all. What's coming straight ahead can't be the Jin army's ambush troops. This is the army of King Xinfeng Zhao Chen - they've been deceived!

  "Retreat...!" Pu Jia Nu didn't hesitate at all, and gave the order decisively, "Quickly retreat, withdraw to the southwest direction, run along the riverbank, fast, fast..."!

  "King of Faith, Zhao Chen, you shameless Song pig, just wait, I'll crush your bones and scatter your ashes...!" Pu Jia Nu retreated on horseback while gnashing his teeth and cursing loudly.

  The ten thousand Jin soldiers were stunned, they stared blankly at the enemy who came killing like a landslide, feeling the shadow of death suddenly shrouding all the Jin soldiers.

  The black tide is getting closer and closer, the deafening roar drowns out everything, and the ground is shaking violently. Countless cattle are rushing into people's eyes, with a particularly majestic black bull running in the front, with several sharp wooden thorns hanging on its head, followed by countless powerful bulls, each one like crazy, sprinting with all their might.

  There is even a burning flame on the tail of many strong cows...

  Fire Ox Formation! The Golden Army was suddenly awakened. At this time, they encountered the high-speed charging Fire Ox Formation. What's the point of fighting? Run!

  "Retreat, retreat, retreat..." Pu Jia's gallbladder was about to burst, he no longer had the energy to think about how Wang Zhaoxun had found several tens of thousands of cattle. Now his life was at stake. He led his personal soldiers in a swift retreat to the rear, and other Jin army soldiers also didn't dare to hesitate any longer. The herd of wild cattle was charging straight for them, if they still hesitated, then all that was left was to wait for death.

  The commander fled, and the Jin army, which had initially retreated in formation, immediately became disordered and scattered. The cavalry and infantry soldiers of the Jin army fled in all directions, covering their heads and fleeing in panic.

  A huge herd of cattle mixed with a large number of fine horses, and there were at least 20,000 to 30,000 heads of cattle in the whole herd. As the herd approached, people could even clearly see that many of the cows and horses had their eyes covered with tattered cloth, and they were galloping wildly towards the Jin army.

  Behind the herd of cattle and horses, the war flag fluttered, and the first to form a queue was King Xīn's personal bodyguard cavalry regiment, lined up in a row, followed closely by the wind and thunder.

  The cheers rose to the sky, and all the fleeing righteous army and Zhuang Ding stopped. The cavalry and infantry began to run back and forth under the leadership of their respective generals.

  Suddenly from defeat to victory, from sorrow to joy, this change was too drastic, all the righteous army could not control their emotions, excitedly shouting and cheering loudly...

  "Blow the horn, blow the horn..." Zhao Kuang shouted with all his might, but it was impossible to hear, even he himself couldn't hear. In desperation, he snatched the battle flag from Xinfeng and waved it on horseback, charging out first. He yelled: "Brothers, charge forward, kill...!"

  Xin Wang Qian led the charge, flag in hand, and sprinted forward. The rest of the righteous army's generals immediately followed close behind. In an instant, battle cries erupted on all sides, bugles blared, and the eight thousand cavalrymen from various routes charged forward with a loud whoosh, swarming after the herd of cattle like a swarm of bees.

  The war drum "Boom, boom, boom..." sounded like raindrops, as if it would never stop. The various infantry of the righteous army also started to charge, adding countless strong men, everyone swarmed together, following behind the cavalry and sprinting wildly.

  "Kill the Golden Dog...! Kill!" The cries of killing shook heaven and earth, tens of thousands of people charged forward, the Golden Army was defeated. If they didn't take advantage of the situation now, when would they? The hatred of having their homes trampled by the iron hooves of the Golden Soldiers and being forced to flee their homes was suddenly vented, they wanted to kill the Golden Dog.

  The situation on the battlefield suddenly reversed. Tens of thousands of cattle rushed from the southeast, unstoppable, with a deafening roar like a landslide, instantly overturning the entire battlefield.

  Tens of thousands of Xiwang's soldiers followed closely behind the herd, killing as they came, with an aura like a rainbow, and an unstoppable momentum. The Jin army cavalry and infantry were entangled together, pulling each other back and forth, unable to run fast, and escaped together along the riverbank.

  Countless charging bulls and fine horses suddenly rushed to the rear of the Jin army, countless Jin soldiers were pierced by wooden thorns and horns, trampled into meat pulp. Suddenly, countless corpses and flesh splashed everywhere, the ground turned crimson, and blood flowed like a river in an instant.

  The Jin soldiers' souls flew away, and they fled in a panic, with some jumping into the great river. The river water was turbulent and icy cold, and in an instant, they were swallowed up. The Jin soldiers' mournful and terrifying cries echoed on the riverbank for a long time, and the thick smell of blood gradually dispersed, emitting a red mist.

  Pu Jia Nu, surrounded by his personal bodyguards, hastily retreated along the riverbank. However, the fleeing soldiers were blinded by rage and swarmed towards anyone on horseback, killing and seizing their horses. Pu Jia Nu and his personal bodyguards had not run more than a few hundred steps when most of the mounted bodyguards were killed or wounded. At this rate, none would escape. In desperation, Pu Jia Nu ordered some of his bodyguards who knew how to swim to take him across the river by force.

  The sky grew darker and darker, and after the last red sunset sank below the horizon, darkness finally arrived, and a black curtain quickly covered the bloody battlefield.

  Tens of thousands of righteous army soldiers, still tirelessly pursuing and killing the Jin troops, were shouting and cheering...! In the dark night, suddenly came the sound of "Long live King Xian! Long live King Xian! Long live King Xian!" The shouts grew louder and more frequent, gradually merging into a massive wave of sound that lingered on the dark earth for a long time.

  Tens of thousands of livestock are scattered around the surrounding area of over ten miles. Hundreds of thousands of righteous army soldiers are searching to retrieve the livestock and capture the Jin troops.

  At this time, Gao Yunfei brought people back, and he was in a dejected mood. Using his own connections and friends' information, he had taken away many cattle and sheep from the nearby Jin army's livestock and the grassland cow moaning tribe. He couldn't not take them, because Zhao Chen threatened him with his old father. Taking them would offend his former friends. Anyway, since he had already surrendered to the righteous army, there was no going back. Not taking them would mean his father would be gone, and in the righteous army, he probably wouldn't have a good ending either.

  They slaughtered the cattle and sheep of the Jin army and the grassland tribes, but that was not all. Zhao Ju also ordered him to tie sharp wooden thorns on the heads of all the livestock, and to cover the eyes of the lead bull king and horse king with torn cloth, and to tie bundles of pine oil grass on the tails of these livestock.

  In this way, Zhao Yun's move under Gao Yunfei finally killed the 10,000 Jin soldiers like falling flowers and flowing water. A total of 10,000 Jin soldiers, fewer than 300 followed Pu Jia Nu back. The righteous army captured more than 5,000 Jin soldiers, most of whom were injured. The remaining Jin soldiers all became the souls trampled by cattle and horses.

  Late at night, the noisy battlefield gradually calmed down, and tens of thousands of righteous army men and horses camped on the spot, cleaning up the battlefield overnight. The main thing was to gather all the scattered livestock back. These livestock were gifts given by the Golden Army to the Righteous Army, enough for the Righteous Army to establish a large cavalry and enough food for several hundred thousand people for several months.

  The commanders-in-chief of the various routes of the righteous army walked into the commander's tent one after another, they were all in high spirits, dancing with joy, without any signs of fatigue.

  Everyone came in and paid homage to Zhao Jun, with the usual arrogance and disdain gone. Liu Xi, Wu Feng, and Liu San Ge, among other leaders of the righteous army, all knelt down and kowtowed when they saw Zhao Jun, paying their respects to the ground. With a motley crew, they defeated 10,000 elite Golden Army soldiers, annihilating them completely - it's clear that King Xian is wise and strategic, and one cannot help but submit.

  The barbarian soldiers had just defected and could not be trusted, they might flee at any time, and it was even more possible that they would turn against us. The presence of the barbarian soldiers actually greatly increased the difficulty for the righteous army to defeat the enemy, but King Xiang's military prowess was like a cloud covering his hand and rain pouring from his hand, and he still won in this treacherous situation, facing ten thousand Jin troops and achieving a great victory, which shows a glimpse of King Xiang's ability to command troops.

  Even now, kneeling in front of Zhao Jun, a group of righteous army has an unreal feeling, as if they are dreaming. Wang Yan's Eight Trigrams Army is powerful! Just a few days ago, 10,000 elite troops marched south, and the Jin army did not dare to launch a direct attack. However, it was also Wang Yan's Eight Trigrams Army that did not achieve the feat of annihilating the 10,000-strong Jin army.

  Now, Xin Wang leads the Wuma Mountain Righteous Army, which is slightly inferior to the Biwang army led by Wang Yan, and has developed and grown to the point where it can surpass Wang Yan.

  Originally, because Zhao Gou was emperor in the south, many people's hearts were turned to the south. They thought that Zhao Gou in the south was orthodox and was the decisive force in driving out the Jin army and recovering their homeland. However, now following Xining Wang Zhao Chen, nearly 20,000 Jin soldiers have been eliminated.

  Obeying King Xian's command, the Jin army was no match. As for King Xian, the various leaders and commanders of the righteous army thought to themselves, from now on we will follow King Xian for a thousand years, and from now on we are people of King Xian's great army.

  Just thinking about following the invincible General Xin, they could have a future where they could recover their homeland and drive out the Jin army. The victory of this battle made these people so excited that they almost cried. When the Jin army invaded, everyone lost their homes, but now following General Xin, they defeated the Jin army time and time again. The total number of Jin soldiers was only in the tens of thousands, killing a few thousand today and a few more tomorrow, there would come a day when all the Jin soldiers were killed off. Everyone could see that they were finally going to make it through, the dawn's light had already appeared.

  The surrendered Tangut generals were also impressed to the extreme. Who is Pujiazhuo? The powerful and fierce general of the Wanyan family, who defeated the Liao army and made them abandon their armor**. This King Zhao Xun was amazing, annihilating Pujiazhuo's army, making Pujiazhuo flee in panic, and being killed by Zhao Xun until he shat and urinated. It seems that surrendering to the Song army this time was correct, following such a superior person, high official positions and wealth are not to be mentioned, and maybe in the future, they can even be enfeoffed as marquises or appointed as generals.

  It's better to be a dog under Xiang Wang, who has won many battles and can protect his life, than to be a dog under the enemy Jin people or the Song people. In the future, it is not impossible that this Xiang Wang will drive away the Jin army. Gao Baoshan, Gao Yunfei, the Khitan general Xiao Deli, and the Xi general Gan Guoduo also knelt down one after another, kneeling down willingly.

  In this way, a group of Wu Ma Mountain Righteous Army who were originally dissatisfied and resentful finally sincerely surrendered to General Zhao Chen.

  The Battle of Le Ping was still suspected of being opportunistic, but in the mountains and rivers, a big battle with the Golden Army was purely a fist-to-fist confrontation, a head-on fight, without losing many troops. Zhao Chen destroyed all 10,000 Golden Soldiers in one breath, like sweeping away the autumn leaves, unstoppable, this is Xinfeng Wang, this is the son of the royal family, this is the true and rightful commander-in-chief of the Righteous Army.

  At this time, Zhao Qing'er and Princess Shuang'er of Xin Wang also arrived. Beside Princess Shuang'er, Zhao Qing'er was excited like a little bird in the forest, chirping away, and her laughter was the brightest in the entire big tent.

  Everyone now calls Zhao Qing'er, all calling her General Zhao. Who doesn't know the relationship between Wang Ye and her? Everyone flocked to ask after Female General Zhao.

  Then everyone's topic was concentrated on the countless herds of cattle and horses. So many herds of cattle and horses, not being grazed on the grasslands, why would they appear here? Being able to plunder such a large number of cattle and horses, naturally became the focus of everyone's attention.

  For his own sake and for the sake of his friends in the Golden Army, who had been intercepting and killing the Prairie Tribe's and the Golden Army's accumulated livestock and cattle, Gao Yunfei would not tell the truth.

  Gao Yunfei was also a clever person, he knew that he had betrayed several friends of the high-ranking officials of the Jin Dynasty, robbed countless cattle and horses, and had completely offended everyone. Now he has no way to turn back, even if he wants to surrender to the Jin army in the future, those old friends will never let him go.

  Since the road to surrendering to the Jin army is already dead, we can only rely on the great tree of the Song Dynasty's Xinfeng Wang Qiansui. Gao Yunfei immediately began to flatter Xinwang Zhao Chen.

  Gao Yunfei was talking nonsense, saying that this plan was to use the Fire Ox Formation to defeat the Jin army, but where could they find so many cows? He spoke eloquently and boastfully, saying: "King Xiang is anxious, and at night he had a dream in which a god told him where the barbarian tribes and the Jin army's cattle were. According to King Xiang's orders, I led the troops to seize them."

  Jin Bing and the barbarian tribes brought tens of thousands of cattle and horses south, in a very secretive location, thinking that no one knew. So there were only a few thousand herdsmen and slaves, as well as a few hundred Jin soldiers escorting them. He took advantage of their meal break to launch a surprise attack, seizing tens of thousands of heads of livestock. Under the command of Xīn Wáng Qiān Suì, he used fire oxen to charge into battle, with countless fine horses following behind, resulting in the Jin army being routed and defeated like a mountain collapse.

  The people in the big account were amazed, and they respected Zhao Xun even more, no longer daring to have any slight contempt. The gods bless King Xin for a thousand years, that's all. At that time, people believed this most, King Xin's power was like a heavenly star coming down from heaven. Even in battle, there were divine instructions, it seemed they had found the right person, and even more dared not have any rebellious heart.

  When it comes to the capture of the barbarians, the atmosphere in the big account suddenly became hot. According to the will of Xinfeng Qian Sui, everyone shouted "those who surrender will not be killed..." in Jurchen and Khitan languages while pursuing the remaining Jin soldiers, as a result, a large piece of them knelt down with a "hula" sound.

  The aboriginal soldiers found that as long as they surrendered, the righteous army would really not kill them, and even if they were captured, they would not be beheaded, because there are already aboriginal soldiers in the righteous army.

  Since you can't die, then surrender. Who isn't afraid of death? The barbarians are also human and fear death. Like this, the Khitan, Bohai, Jurchen, Mongol and other barbarian soldiers in the Jin army began to surrender batch by batch.

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