Rebirth: Overthrow Song Dynasty

Chapter 26: All the way north

Zhao Chen was a little surprised. He did not expect that the "extremely important things" mentioned by Li Gang turned out to be these irrelevant things! He thought that Li Gang must have other things to say. He looked at Li Gang and waited for Li Gang to continue speaking.

Li Gang was silent for a moment, and said, "Your Highness, it's just a troubled world now! Your Highness is kind, but it's a pity that some kindness is too much! When you were in the East Palace before, you should kill the little three! Just now I said that the soldiers were divided into two. Lu, you shouldn’t dissuade General Wang! In troubled times, such kindness is already a woman’s benevolence! Such kindness will kill His Royal Highness, and His Royal Highness is related to the future of Song Jiangshan. Such kindness will eventually endanger my greatness. Song Jiangshan Sheji!"

"This..." Only then did Zhao Chen understand what Li Gangyao said!

When he left the East Palace before, Wang De felt that Zhao Chen had done something wrong, and now Li Gang also felt that Zhao Chen had done something wrong! Moreover, Li Gang felt that Zhao Chen had made mistakes many times, so he solemnly persuaded Zhao Chen and let Zhao Chen stop being a benevolent woman!

In fact, any young man in modern society who came to ancient times and became a prince could not suddenly become cold-blooded! Let a young man who has never killed anyone to kill, everyone will hesitate in his heart! It would be impossible for a young man to consider the issue entirely on the basis of his status as a "prince" without considering the life and death of others.

"His Royal Highness, you must always keep in mind the affairs of Zhongxing Dasong! For the sake of Zhongxing Dasong, fathers and brothers can be killed, children can be killed, and close relatives and friends can abandon! Just now I asked General Wang to distract the golden soldiers, let alone dangerous, even if it is. If you clearly let him go to death, His Highness should not stop him, and you must also agree! Only in this way can you survive in the troubled times and rejuvenate the Song Dynasty!" Li Gang said.

"This..." Zhao Chen is already a little speechless now!

What Li Gang said is really unbelievable, "Father and brother can be killed, children can be killed, close relatives and friends can abandon", he can't do it now.

"If it is a peaceful year, I can only praise what His Highness has done, but unfortunately it is a troubled time. I can only criticize His Highness. I hope that His Highness will not dismiss me as abrupt!" Li Gang said.

"Where did Master Li speak? I know Master Li is loyal! Moreover, I have seen Master Li’s wisdom on this journey! Although I cannot accept Master Li’s statement for the time being, I also know Master Li is for my good. For the sake of the great Song Dynasty’s society! I don’t like this. From today onwards, Master Li will be my teacher, and I will try my best to obey Master Li!" Zhao Chen laughed.

This Li Gang is a well-known loyal and righteous figure in history, the first of the most famous ministers in the Southern Song Dynasty! Originally, Li Gang looked ordinary, and even seemed a little bit premature. Zhao Chen didn't really value him, but he went this way with Li Gang. Although it only took a short day, Zhao Chen was convinced of Li Gang, so he decided to worship Li Gang. Be a teacher!

"Okay! Your Highness can rest assured, I will definitely teach you well! Today I have one more thing to teach you!" Li Gang said in agitated mood.

"Master Li, please speak!" Zhao Chen said.

"His Royal Highness cares about Lord Wang, but it shouldn't show too much!" Li Gang said.

"Oh?" Zhao Chen was taken aback.

"As an emperor, when your anger and anger don't show your color! If your Highness cares too much about a person, after the enemy sees it, he will use this to calculate your Highness! At that time, that person is the weakness of your Highness!" Li Gangdao .

What Li Gang now teaches is the ancient emperor's mentality. Originally, this emperor's mentality was passed on from generation to generation. One generation of emperors taught to the next generation of emperors, or taught by the eunuchs and maids in the palace, or some of the princes of the East Palace. The staff come to teach! In any case, this emperor's mind shouldn't come from the words of the minister! Only when Li Gang thought about it, Zhao Chen was the prince of the subjugated kingdom. Now Zhao Chen was the only one beside him, and no one besides him taught Zhao Chen these things, so he didn't have any taboos to say it!

Li Gang and Zhao Chen stayed for only one day, but in this short day, he was extremely satisfied with the prince Zhao Chen! The prince is smart and wise, this can be seen from Xiao San'er! Although the prince is only ten years old, he speaks and behaves like an adult. It is a good thing for young people to become mature in troubled times! The prince’s benevolence is far better than Song Huizong and Song Qinzong! It's just that the prince has obvious weaknesses, such as the benevolence of women and the expression of joy and anger. These are all great defects in Li Gang's view and must be corrected!

Zhao Chen nodded softly while listening to Li Gang's words. He felt that he had come into contact with another world today, and he really started to learn to be a "prince"!

After the two talked about "the emperor's heart" for a long time, when the horseshoes of the golden soldiers below gradually disappeared, Li Gang said: "Your Highness, let's get out of here now!"

Zhao Chen said: "Where shall we go?"

Li Gang said: "Let's go to the north!"

Zhao Chen was taken aback, and said, "North?"

Jin Bing came from the north, and the north was the most dangerous. I didn't expect Li Gang to say go to the north.

Li Gang has already seen the confusion in Zhao Chen’s eyes and explained: "His Royal Highness, in fact, according to ordinary people’s thinking, we must go to the South or the West! The South is Jiangnan, and the West is Chuan-Shan. My Da Song’s army is stationed, if we get to those places, we will be safe! But, ordinary people can think of this, can’t the Jurchen marshal think of this? So the Jurchen must now send troops to the south and west to pursue We! We were not as they wanted, we went north! They never thought we went north! Although the north is dangerous, it is now the safest place!"

"The most dangerous place is the safest place!" Zhao Chen nodded, understanding what Li Gang meant.

"Sun Tzu's Art of War said,'Throw in the dead and survive, sink into the dead and live.' We are acting in accordance with the art of war now!" Li Gang said with a smile on his face.

At the moment the two were supporting each other and going down the mountain, Zhao Chen's admiration for Li Gang became more and more in his heart, and he didn't need to say more.

The heavy snow flew, and going down the mountain was more difficult than going up the mountain. Until midnight, the two came to the bottom of the mountain, and then they braved the heavy snow and headed north.

They walked north all night, and when the sky was clear, they came to a small village.

Many places in the north of Bianliang have already been ransacked by Jinbing, as is the small village in front of me! It's a mess here, with the corpses of villagers everywhere! The deaths of these villagers were very cruel. Many women lay there naked, and their bodies had already frozen stiff! Some children were actually divided into several pieces, and their faces were full of pain and despair!

At this moment, Zhao Chen couldn't stand it anymore, he started to vomit!

Li Gang patted him on the back beside him and sighed: "I, Han Chinese, have suffered such a calamity and must have revenge in the future! Your Majesty, you are the prince, and now the two majesty have been captured by the Tartars, you are the only one in the Song Dynasty. Hope, you must not be weak! You are vomiting here today, and you won’t be like this anymore!"

Zhao Chen nodded lightly and said, "Don't worry, Mrs. Li, I will definitely be strong!"

Because of vomiting and bitterness in his mouth, he grabbed a ball of snow from the ground and began to chew! Then spit out the snow! After doing this several times, he felt a lot better.

"We need something to eat!" Li Gang said.

"Is there anything to eat here?" Zhao Chen said.

"There must be something to eat. Although Jin Bing ransacked this place, there will be some food left here! Your Royal Highness is waiting here, I will look for it!" Li Gang said.

"Let's find it together!" Zhao Chen said.

At the moment, the two of them found some moldy steamed buns from the small village and started to eat them! After that, they stripped off their clothes from the dead. They took off their original gorgeous clothes and put on the clothes of the dead! Now they no longer look like "nobles", but like ordinary people!

"Heaven will give a great responsibility to the people of Sri Lanka. He must first suffer his mind, hungry his skin, empty his body, and mess up his actions. Therefore, he is tempted to endure and increase what he can't... Your Highness, this is the heaven for you. The test! After experiencing these many tests, you will surpass the kings of the Song Dynasty and let me rejuvenate the Song Dynasty!” Looking at Zhao Chen who has changed into ordinary clothes, Li Gang said.

Zhao Chen nodded!

In fact, he is not in a very good mood now. He has seen so many tragic sights along the way, and has been running for his life along the way. His mood is a bit depressed! In addition, he was still in the magnificent palace a few days ago, and now he is in such a downturn! A few days ago, he was still eating good food, but now he is eating moldy buns and wearing dead clothes. You can imagine his mood!

Fortunately, Li Gang has been by his side, and Li Gang has been encouraging him so that he will not collapse.

Because it is not very far from Kaifeng, they dare not stay here. After eating and changing clothes, they still trek north.

The roads in ancient times were extremely difficult. Many times they couldn't even find the roads, so they moved very slowly.

Zhao Chen no longer knows how long he has been away. He feels that he is no longer what he used to be. He is not the prince in the East Palace. He is also not the 17-year-old student. He is now covered with dust. His body was exhausted to the extreme. He didn't know how long he hadn't eaten a full meal. The clothes on his body were dirty and tattered. He even walked forward with a stick! Now his image is simply a beggar, Li Gang has been with him, and now Li Gang is too! Even though Li Gang has not practiced martial arts, Li Gang's body is extremely weak, but Li Gang's strong will makes him extremely surprised. He has been exhausted many times along the way, but Li Gang is still gritting his teeth! A generation of famous ministers is really extraordinary, Zhao Chen now admires his teacher to the extreme!

According to historical records, in the early years of the Southern Song Dynasty, it was almost Li Gangyi's manpower to turn the tide, and then Yue Fei, Han Shizhong and other anti-gold generals appeared. Along the way, Zhao Chen has become more and more convinced that his teacher does have such abilities, whether it is his own talents or spiritual strength, his own teacher is standing at the pinnacle of this era. His own father did not have such ministers, but instead used countless treacherous ministers such as Zhang Bangchang and Li Bangyan. No wonder the Northern Song Dynasty would be destroyed.

"His Royal Highness, tomorrow will be the second year of Jingkang!" Li Gang said that night when they were sleeping in a cave.

"What? Have we been away for a month?" Zhao Chen asked in surprise.

Walking this way, Zhao Chen felt that his body and spirit were numb, and he had even forgotten the date. He didn't expect Li Gang to remember all this clearly.

"Yes! We have been away for a month!" Li Gang nodded.

"When will we stop? Now the Jurchen soldiers don't chase us anymore, right?" Zhao Chen said.

"We are not far from Xiangzhou. We will probably be in Xiangzhou tomorrow! When we arrive at Xiangzhou, we will stop!" Li Gang said.

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