Chapter 1: The Awakening of Shin Wang...

  Faced with King Xiang's display and the rumors about him, the Jin soldiers began to fear, they started to retreat in front of King Xiang.

  "Kill!" Far, far away, Wanyan Zhen let out a loud roar. He didn't want anything else, even if these few thousand infantrymen died and this thousand-plus cavalry were completely annihilated. He only wanted one person's life - Xing Wang Zhao Kun. At this time, if Wanyan Zhen retreated, he would be finished.

  Jin Jun's ability to shake the world, the most important point is that rewards and punishments are clear. He was defeated in battle, and Wei State would definitely be lost. With the loss of Wei State, his own official position would not be preserved. Seeing the righteous army around him like a madman chopping and killing Jin soldiers, they had already charged up and surrounded them, seeing that their time was almost gone.

  Under Wanyan Zhen's urging, several Jin cavalrymen rode over on horseback and charged towards Zhao Chen. The infantry couldn't keep up, so they used the cavalry instead.

  At this time, Zhao Xun was like he had returned to the future world of his previous life. As a super special forces soldier who made the world look sideways, he possessed a strong fighting instinct. Without thinking, he tilted his body, raised his leg and kicked it heavily on a horse that was galloping towards him. This blow was extremely heavy, with a force of at least a thousand kilograms, which even the running horse could not withstand.

  That horse was kicked into the air, colliding with several Jin soldiers, who were all broken bones and tendons. Zhao Ke jumped up, two long swords dancing in the air, several Jin soldier knights drew out a bloody mist, dead bodies all fell from the horse to the ground.

  The most astonishing thing was that the personal soldiers and guards under General Zhao Chen had seen him practice martial arts before, and they thought he looked good at it, but they never expected him to be so formidable. Under Zhao Chen's feet were hundreds of bodies of golden armor, among which at least fifty or sixty were personally killed by him.

  Hundreds of King Xiang's guards and bodyguards rushed forward, fighting shoulder to shoulder with King Xiang. At this moment, they deeply felt that King Xiang was indeed a god-like existence, their faith. For King Xiang! For their own faith! For their homeland and family! Kill!

  "Kill——" After Wanyan Zhen led his personal guards to kill several Jin army deserters and head-like soldiers, the Jin soldiers gradually regained some of their senses. They began to charge forward under Wanyan Zhen's leadership, determined to break through. Xinfeng Wang Zhao Chen's two arms moved up and down, parrying the incoming weapons one by one, while coordinating with his guards on the flank, such as Zhao Xiaodao, to prevent the Jin soldiers from advancing further.

  At this moment, a sound came from the air, not loud, a rope flew out and wrapped around someone's body. Wanyan Zhen let out a cry of surprise, he hadn't reacted yet, when the Jurchen guards shouted in unison. The Jurchen soldiers cried out: "Quickly save General..."

  "Kill——" Don't say more, the remaining Jin soldiers immediately rushed towards the righteous army. Wang Jin, who had captured Wan Yan Zhen, smiled slightly, looking at the invincible Zhao Chen. A strange excitement in his heart. When did Zhao Chen become an ordinary member of the imperial family to a nameless commander? He turned back, leading a team of righteous army cavalry, one hand holding a big knife to kill, one hand holding Wan Yan Zhen, urging the horse to rush and retreat.

  "Stop them... stop them..." Some sharp-eyed Jin soldiers saw clearly that Wang Jing was trying to lead Wanyan Zhen to the vanguard of their main force.

  The Jin soldiers rushed towards Wang Jing, "Get out of the way!" Wang Jing shouted loudly, and the righteous army warriors beside him raised their steel guns to kill. The Jin soldiers were instantly killed by stabbing.

  Zhao Kun saw that the cavalry team led by Wang Jin, who had captured Wanyan Zhen, was surrounded by the crazy Jurchen soldiers. He saw that both sides were fighting fiercely with heavy casualties, and the number of righteous army members around Wang Jin was getting smaller and smaller. He immediately led his troops to charge into the Jurchen army, at which point two Jurchen soldiers dodged Zhao Kun's personal bodyguards and rushed towards him. Zhao Kun flashed lightning-fast and slashed twice, just two flashes of light, cutting open their throats. Killing these people was as easy as drinking cool water for Zhao Kun now.

  In fact, for the former special forces king Zhao Xun, killing people was a very easy thing to do. They just needed to use a sword to slash at the person's neck, as long as they cut through that major artery, everything would be over.

  Xin Wang Zhao Xuan wielded his dual swords, and with two swift strikes, he killed the two Golden Soldiers. "Invincible Xin Wang!" "Invincible Xin Wang!" The surrounding rebel army shouted in unison.

  At this time, a Jin army general rushed up, holding a long spear and stabbing at Zhao Chen. King Xiang of Zhao jumped nimbly, leapt into the air, dodged the spear, and while in mid-air swung his weapon to cut off the necks of two more Jin soldiers. After landing, he kicked out with one foot, sending the Jin general who had ambushed him flying.

  Hubel fell to the ground, his chest burning with pain. That Han man was truly a devil, or he had not thought that a person could be so strong. Hubel had never seen such a person, even among the bravest warriors selected from all the Jurchen tribes.

  This Han person kills people so easily, how can it be so easy? It should also take some effort, but when Xing Wang takes action, he uses as little force as possible. With just a light touch, he can achieve the greatest results. This is indeed the most brilliant swordsmanship.

  "Follow Xing Wang, drive out the Golden Dog, Xing Wang is invincible, recover our rivers and mountains! If the Golden Dog is not eliminated, I swear to never stop fighting!" All the righteous armies shouted in unison: "Follow Xing Wang, drive out the Golden Dog, Xing Wang is invincible, recover our rivers and mountains! If the Golden Dog is not eliminated, I swear to never stop fighting! If the Golden Dog is not eliminated, I swear to never stop fighting!"

  The righteous army surrounded and killed the Jin soldiers, many of whom surrendered one after another. Everyone had already seen the hope of victory, and at this time, Wang Jing, who had been rescued by Zhao Chen, burst out laughing, wielding his knife repeatedly, cutting people in half one by one. To say nothing of others, Wang Jing's strength was indeed formidable. He directly cut a Jin army general in two with one knife, killing him with blood flying everywhere, scaring the Jin soldiers so much that they didn't dare to come forward.

  Under Zhao Yun and Wang Sheng's mighty display, countless righteous troops were fervently killing the Jin army. The Jin army gradually became fewer and fewer, turning into corpses or prisoners one by one.

  At noon, the battle ended. At this time, the bodies of soldiers from both sides were all over the ground, and more were those of the Jin army. The Jin soldiers in Weizhou City had all escaped, and those who did not escape were killed by the members of the Zhongyi Society with a group of civilians. The people of Weizhou City opened the four gates of Weizhou City to welcome their king.

  At the city gate, under the leadership of the backbone of the Zhongyi Society, the musicians lined up in rows, scattered left and right, beating drums, striking gongs, clanging cymbals, playing zithers, and strumming se.

  The mighty righteous army entered the city, and Zhao Xun repeatedly gestured to the people with his hands. "Long live King Xin! King Xin is invincible!" The cheers of the people shook the sky. All the people cheered and jumped for joy, each one smiling from ear to ear.

  Wanyan Zhen tyrannized in Weizhou, killing many righteous warriors of the Zhongyi Society and ordinary people. Zhao Kun beheaded him at the vegetable market in Weizhou, a great joy to all.

  At this time, the remaining Jurchen-led army of Li's family was still camping in the northeast. Zhao Kuangyi sent Wang Jin to lead 5,000 cavalrymen to attack Li's family army. When Wang Jin led his cavalry like a tidal wave into the camp of Li's family army, they trampled down the horn-shaped wooden barriers around the Jurchen-led army's camp in an instant.

  However, all the righteous army cavalry were stunned, and the angry roars and killing sounds suddenly froze, entering a silence. At this time, the Jin army's camp was empty and desolate, with nothing left behind. The earth stoves were buried, the tents were pulled out, and only the green grass and the inserted flags swayed in the scorching sun. The only thing that could prove that the Jin soldiers had not gone far was the banner on the edge of the camp and a pile of wet firewood with thick smoke.

  Zhao Xun sat in the big tent, flipping through the scrolls of intelligence sent by the soldiers. This was a compilation made by the scribes of the righteous army after sorting out the letters exchanged between the Jin army, with many contents, mostly secrets of the Jin country. At the end of the scroll, there were messages from various states and counties that had arrived here. Among them, a message from the southern battlefield caught Zhao Xun's attention. The Jin army strengthened its offensive posture against Dongjing, and the Jin army began to burn, kill and plunder in the surrounding areas, with growing momentum.

  Huh? Zhao Yun and Liang Xing? Could it be that they changed their own fate? At this time, Zhao Zhen discovered the names of two famous anti-Jin generals.

  Because of Zhao Song's leadership, the righteous army changed history and won battle after battle. They defeated the Jin army and made them retreat in disarray. The Jin army began to feel the pressure, and when they saw that their forces were depleted, Zhao Yun and Liang Xing led a rebellion. Moreover, Zhao Yun even personally led dozens of brave men to rescue his mother.

  At this time, Zhao Yun and Liang Xing gradually grew up, robbed the logistics supply of Wanyan Kuodai, and retreated to Pingding, the main force liberation area of the Righteous Army. To formally surrender to the King of Xin's army led by Zhao Chen.

  At this moment, Zhao Xun smiled slightly and his eyes inadvertently moved to several bodyguards. Today's on-duty bodyguard was his own bodyguard captain and commander of the Imperial Guard, Zhao Xiaodao.

  This man was once a famous swordsman, said to be the number one knife in the northwest. His knife skills were like those of a god, and he killed people as easily as cutting grass. However, he was very generous and emphasized loyalty, especially when it came to helping those in need. To this day, there is still a story circulating in the northwest about how he avenged someone for the sake of half a bun, ended up stirring up a hornet's nest, and even had the army come out to catch him. Zhao Xiaodao was forced to flee and became a bandit.

  Later, the Golden Army invaded, and Zhao Xiaodao immediately led his dozens of brothers to resist the Jin army. At the beginning of the year, he heard that Xing Wang had returned, and he ran to Wuma Mountain to join Zhao Chen. As a hero who roamed the northwest grasslands, he naturally knew many fellow heroes, so Zhao Chen called him over. He asked, "Do you know Zhao Yun and Liang Xing?" "Of course I do! The famous Liang Xiaoge and the heroic Zhao Yun, in the Hedong and Henan regions, as well as the Hebei region, who doesn't know them?"

  Zao Jun smiled slightly and said: "I will write a letter, you quickly send someone to Pingding to deliver it to the two ladies and my father-in-law Zhao Bangjie as well as Ma Zheng's hands. Let them treat the two of them kindly, let each lead an army, forming the Broken Gold Army and the Broken Enemy Army." "Yes sir!"

  At this time, in Shouyang City, Pu Jia Nu, Xiao Gan, and Wanyan Chaguan were discussing military affairs together. At this moment, Xiao Gan saw that Pu Jia Nu and Wanyan Chaguan were both frowning at the map without speaking. After a pause, he carefully said: "Under the current situation, although we have lost the ability to coerce Zhao Chen, from the emperor's edict, we must ensure that the righteous army does not expand its territory. If our 50,000 main force is eliminated by Zhao Chen, then we will lose even more troops. It would be equivalent to helping Zhao Chen develop and grow stronger, and the guilt would be even greater."

  Pu Jia Nu and Wanyan Agula were expressionless, not saying a word. They had already made up their minds, but wanted to hear the opinions of those under them. A general named Duo Er Da La couldn't bear it any longer and loudly said: "We have no choice now. Immediately gather the surrounding troops and engage in a stalemate or a decisive battle with Zhao Chen."

  Pu Jia Nu looked at Wanyan Agula. Wanyan Agula hesitated for a moment, then said: "How many troops Zhao Jun has under his command, we are still unclear about. However, judging from the fact that he deployed heavy troops on both the Fushan and Pingding City lines at the same time, his strength is very strong and his military power is great. Otherwise, he would not have deployed heavy troops on the Fushan-Pingding City line to block our way while attacking Weizhou at the same time. If his strength is very powerful, once he defeats us, he can expand his territory with ease. Moreover, if we mobilize troops from all over the place, does he need to fight a decisive battle with us? What if he wants to attack other places? The troops from all over the place will be emptied by us, and Zhao Jun will be invincible in battle and unbeatable in attack. At that time, our lost territory will be even greater!"

  Pu Jia Nu's eyebrows slightly furrowed as he said, "Song Dynasty's Xin Wang Zhao Chen is indeed cunning and intelligent. At this moment, he is fighting a battle in Wei State and continuing to capture the towns surrounding Mount Taihang. The Righteous Army will soon be able to gain a foothold in the southern part of Mount Taihang, which is probably his true intention."

  He looked at Wanyan Zongwang and said seriously: "Do you still remember how we defeated the Song army, occupied the Eastern Capital of the Song Dynasty, and captured the royal family of the Song Dynasty? Because the royal family of the Song Dynasty is a group of drunkards and gluttons. Even the Emperor Zhao Gou of the Southern Dynasty was afraid of us and wanted to surrender to us as a vassal king. But now with this Zhao Chen, this undefeated Xining King, I'm afraid he poses a great threat to our conquest of the Song Dynasty. We must inform Wanyan Zongwang about the danger of this Xining King, it's best to mobilize our main force to eliminate him first. Or, we can force Emperor Zhao Gou to order Zhao Chen to go south, and we pretend to agree with Emperor Zhao Gou's wish to surrender as a vassal king, letting him kill Zhao Chen."

  The battle to attack the Eastern Capital of the Great Song Dynasty, all the Jurchen generals present participated. In fact, when the Jurchen army occupied the Eastern Capital, the Song Dynasty still had a lot of strength and could compete with the Jurchen people. However, Zhao Ji and Zhao Huan themselves gave up resistance.

  For example, after the first southern expedition of the Golden Army, there were still many cities in Zhongshan, Hejian and Taiyuan that refused to surrender to the Jin army. The Song court sent officials to persuade them to surrender to the Jin people, which aroused the anger of the common people and beat those persuading officials to death.

  During the two southern expeditions of Jin Bing, there were generals who rose up in arms to defend the country and were willing to make efforts for the state. However, the Song court cited insufficient food and grass as a reason and repeatedly advised them to return, making them very disheartened. In ancient and modern times, at home and abroad, whenever a country is in difficulty, its subjects are willing to exert their strength and must be rewarded by the state.

  But the Song court, dominated by Zhao Ji and Zhao Huan, did just the opposite. They never trusted their own people and tried every means to push away patriotic soldiers and civilians. They would rather believe in the treacherous words of the invading Jin state than trust their own subjects. In the end, they reaped what they sowed and brought about their own downfall.

  If Zhao Jia and Zhao Huan, father and son, were not openly quarreling and secretly fighting during the second southern expedition of the Golden Army, but instead worked together in harmony, they could have left one person in Dongjing to cope with the situation and sent another person to the south to establish a new base. If Dongjing fell, they could still issue orders from the new base.

  Many loyalist troops can rush to new strongholds, make contributions to the country and continue to support the Song court. However, these two men are suspicious of each other, neither trusting the other, fearing that they themselves will suffer a calamity while allowing the other to gain an advantage, and would rather everyone perish together.

  When Zhao Ji fled to Zhenjiang in the south to escape, he already had the intention of establishing a small court in the south. However, Zhao Huan was very distrustful of him and after bringing him back to Dongjing, actually put him under house arrest. In the end, they were all captured by the Jin people, with only one Zhao Gou escaping. Zhao Ji was forced by circumstances to abdicate without relinquishing power, while Zhao Huan was suppressed by him, although he once wanted to make a comeback but was restrained, resulting in nothing being accomplished and ending in defeat.

  Let the main force of the Golden Army go north, abandon the strategy of attacking southward, that is impossible. However, everyone understood the second plan of Pu Jia Nu. Pretend to agree with Song Dynasty's Gaozong Zhao Gou's request for peace, let him deal with Zhao Chen, and watch the two tigers fight each other. When Zhao Gou kills Zhao Chen or both are severely injured, then attack the Song Dynasty again. This way, not only will the military strength of Xining Wang Zhao Chen be destroyed, but also further weaken Zhao Gou's prestige among the people of the Song Dynasty. It is just like how Zhao Ji and Zhao Huan, father and son, openly and secretly fought each other, giving half of the rivers and mountains to the Golden State, and being captured themselves, a situation where one stone can kill two birds.

  Zhao Gou is now unable to protect himself, and will definitely listen to the Jin army's words. He only wants to seek peace and become a vassal emperor of the Jin state. To put it bluntly, this guy is just like an emperor, regardless of how big or small the country is, he doesn't care. The hatred of his family, he also doesn't care. Let his brothers, sisters, father, and elders go live or die on their own. This guy is extremely selfish and self-serving, and can be completely utilized by the Jin state.

  At this time, Wanyan Zongwang nodded slightly. Pu Jiaonu was thinking the same as himself, to sow discord between Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Guangyi, not only to defeat Zhao Kuangyin's army, but also to let tens of millions of Han people know that Zhao Guangyi was an incompetent guy who was not suitable to be emperor, making him lose the hearts of the people.

  Jin soldiers are not afraid of the Great Song army, but they are afraid of the unyielding resistance of the Great Song civilians. The people of the Great Song are an invincible force, as long as they have the right guidance, they can destroy all invaders.

  As for Pu Jia's words, the various Jin generals nodded in agreement. Zhao Kun! Do you think that just because your power has grown in the north, you are safe? Without the main force of the Jin army marching north, everything will be fine? Is there such an easy thing in the world? As long as we make good use of Zhao Gou, any anti-Jin forces will not be feared.

  Pu Jia Nu's gaze turned to Xiao Gan, this old brother had been silent since hearing his words, and didn't know what he thought.

  "Even if Zhao Kuang is formidable, he doesn't know that we are harming him. The struggle between the oyster and the mussel benefits the fisherman - this is indeed a good strategy. Let those Song Dynasty people fight among themselves." said Xiao Gan.