Rebirth: Overthrow Song Dynasty

On the morning of May 23rd, the 150,000 Jingyuan army led by Zhao Zhe passed through Chang'an all the way to Tongguan.

At this moment, the gate of Tongguan was opened, and soldiers passed through Tongguan one after another.

All the soldiers are valiant and high morale.

They are all strong young men with dark skin. These years in Guanshan, they have been training every day, so naturally they have become like this.

Although they are marching, their formation is also very neat. The army is as disciplined as a mountain. No one dared to leave the army at will, and no one dared to whisper. They just marched along the way, constantly watching the surrounding scenes.

Once, Tongguan was under Guan Shan's control, but then Zhao Gou and Jurchens joined forces and suddenly invaded, and they lost Tongguan. Now, at least in name, this place belongs to Guanshan again, and they can already pass freely from here.

Among the 150,000 army, 20,000 of them are cavalry, the remaining 80,000 are infantry, and 50,000 are bowmen. Although Guan Shan had already captured Xixia and obtained many war horses, a large part of these war horses were provided to the Forbidden Army. The Forbidden Army had one man and two horses, and needed a lot of horses. The Xixia Hetao area is a traditional place for raising horses in China. They can also provide more war horses, but it takes time. Therefore, the Jingyuan Army is still dominated by infantry and crossbowmen.

At this moment, all the soldiers' faces are filled with excitement, they are about to enter the Central Plains! When they were in Guanshan in the past, they looked forward to entering the Central Plains every day. Now this wish is about to come true! They believe that as long as they enter the Central Plains, they will retake these places and completely drive out and annihilate the Jurchens there!

At the moment on the wall of Tongguan, Zhao Zhe is standing here, and a man is standing beside Zhao Zhe, it is Wang Yan.

Seeing the army passing by below, Wang Yan secretly admired, he thought that the strength of Guanshan's troops was far better than Jiangnan. The Jiangnan army definitely does not have the momentum and discipline of the army below, and their combat strengths are extremely different.

"I also want to follow you into the Central Plains, but it won't work for the time being. We have 600,000 rebels here, and more than 200,000 of them will return to Henan. I need to arrange my brothers before I can go to the Central Plains." Wang Yandao.

"I understand! When you go to the Central Plains, most of the Central Plains should have been recovered by us." Zhao Zhe said.

Wang Yan nodded softly.

He had some regrets in his heart. He actually wanted to enter the Central Plains now, but he knew that Guan Shan's staff headquarters would certainly not be assured of letting them enter the Central Plains. No one knows what will happen after they enter the Central Plains. There may be a general rebellion, and there may be some rebel leaders occupying the mountain as the king. Then it will be troublesome. Therefore, the staff headquarters of Guan Shan would rather send only his direct line into the Central Plains.

"By the way, you are going to Hebei, but someone can help you." Wang Yan said.

"I don't know who it is?" Zhao Zhe said.

Wang Yan beckoned, and then a middle-aged man in armor walked over, knelt down in front of Zhao Zhe, and said, "Hebei Wang Ze pays homage to the general!"

It turned out that this person was Wang Ze, the leader of the Hebei Rebel Army who entered Chang'an from Hebei Province! He originally wanted to take refuge in Zhao Go. He thought that Zhao Go would definitely be able to win. Who knows that the situation has changed drastically now, and he has no choice but to follow Guan Shan's side now.

"Get up quickly." Zhao Zhe said.

Liu Ze stood up and said with a smile: "General, I have been in Hebei for many years, and I am very familiar with the terrain of Hebei! We have 20,000 or 30,000 brothers, and we can also follow you into Hebei."

Zhao Zhe nodded and said, "Okay!"

The army passed through Tongguan, and after another half an hour, they came to the Yellow River.

However, the pontoon bridge has already been erected here. At the moment, Zhao Zhe led an army of 150,000 through the pontoon bridge and headed for Henan on the opposite side. They will march in Henan for a while, and then enter Hebei from Liyang. When the Jurchens went south for the first time, they entered Liyang from Hebei and then went to Kaifeng. They did the opposite.

The morning sun was blazing, Zhao Zhe was riding on the horse, his whole body was wet with sweat, as were the soldiers next to him, but no one asked to stop, they were just constantly on the road.

There is an open space in front of you, and you can't see it at a glance!

This was the once prosperous Central Plains land, but now there is nothing but weeds here!

They have walked a distance of tens of miles, and they have not seen a village or a piece of fertile land, except for weeds.

"Huh! There is a village ahead!" At this moment, a cavalryman suddenly yelled from a distance of more than a hundred meters.

"Go, go and take a look!" Zhao Zhe said.

At the moment, Zhao Zhe led a group of cavalry towards the village, but when he reached the village, he already knew it was wrong. There were no crops here, and weeds were also growing. The village was calm, and there was no sound at all. There were countless bones at the door of the village. Zhao Zhe led a group of soldiers into the village. There was nothing in the village except for weeds and bones!

"It seems that this is a deserted village!" Zhao Zhe sighed softly.

They did not stay here, and continued to move forward.

After walking for another half an hour, they saw the village again, but after entering the village, it was still empty and there was no one at all. It seems that this village has been abandoned for many years.

They kept moving forward like this, passing by seven or eight villages without any person.

When the sun went down, Zhao Zhe and others came to another village, where they finally saw the figure!

Outside the village, there are people plowing the land, but seeing the arrival of the army, those people seem to have seen the most horrible thing in the world, countless people ran towards the village with all their strength!

The army had already arrived outside the village, it was getting dark, and they were stationed here.

"Go and invite the people from the village out! I want to ask them what's the situation here?" Zhao Zhe said.

At the moment, dozens of soldiers entered the village. After a while, more than a dozen villagers were "invited" out! In fact, none of the villagers dared to come out, and the soldiers had to force them to come out to see Zhao Zhe.

Some of these villagers are in their 60s and 70s, with white hair and tattered clothes, and two or three of them are fourteen-five years old. They are also very tattered and thin. They can almost see the bones on their bodies, but they are too big. Some of them are middle-aged people in their 30s and 40s, and their looks and clothes are also very embarrassed.

"Caomin, see the general!" When they came to Zhao Zhe, they all knelt down, their bodies trembling, obviously terrifying.

"Help them up quickly!" Zhao Zhe said.

More than a dozen villagers stood up, but they were still terrified. They didn't dare to speak or move.

"Guys folks, sit down! Have you eaten yet? Come, take the food from our army and let the folks eat together." Zhao Zhe said.

After the army was stationed, they started cooking, and the food was quickly delivered to everyone.

"Eat first." Zhao Zhe said.

As a general, Zhao Zhe ate exactly the same things as ordinary soldiers. He took a big bite. Those villagers looked at me and I looked at you, and finally took up food and ate. These villagers obviously hadn't eaten a full meal in a long time. They gobbled it up one by one, and in just a few moments they wiped out the food in their bowls. The soldiers next to him were all dumbfounded at the moment, and someone came over to fetch food, and these villagers ate again.

Each of them ate the appetite of the three ordinary soldiers, and then stopped.

"The uncle, how many people are still in the village?" Zhao Zhe had already stopped, and he said to the oldest man in his 60s.

"General, there are more than 70 people in our village." The old man said.

"Are there other villages and towns around here?" Zhao Zhe said again.

"Twenty miles south, there is still a village with more than 200 people in it," the old man said.

"It seems that your life is very difficult." Zhao Zhe said.

"Yeah! I haven't eaten a full meal for more than six years! The Jurchens often go south, and the people in the surrounding villages are all dead! The food we planted has been repeatedly destroyed! At the earliest, some rebels came, but those rebels It's also burning, killing and looting! We saw you coming before, and we thought it was a rebel! Now it seems that it is not." The old man said.

"We are the subordinates of Emperor Xuanwu." Zhao Zhe said.

"Emperor Xuanwu? Who is that?" the old man asked in surprise.

Surprised expressions also appeared in the eyes of the surrounding villagers.

"Emperor Xuanwu was the original prince! After the city of Kaifeng was broken, he fled from Kaifeng to Hanzhong. He was the Emperor Xuanwu in the Han Dynasty!" Zhao Zhe said.

These villagers were obviously isolated from the world for too long, and they didn't know the current situation of the world at all. After hearing this, they stayed there one by one.

"How many troops does Emperor Xuanwu have now? Are you here from Hanzhong?" The old man reacted the fastest and asked immediately.

"Emperor Xuanwu has a million troops! We are not coming from Hanzhong, but from Guanshan." Zhao Zhe said.

"A million army? Great! Guan Shan? Isn't Guan Shan occupied by the Jurchens?" The old man said in surprise.

"Of course Guan Shan was not occupied by Jurchens! At the beginning, Guan Shan did have Jurchens, but soon we drove them out!" Zhao Zhe said.

"Can you drive away Jurchen?" the old man said in disbelief.

"Of course we can get rid of them! This time we are entering the Central Plains, expelling the Tartars, and restoring China!" Zhao Zhe laughed.

"I heard that right? Has Master Wang entered the Central Plains?" The old man looked at the other villagers around him, and said with a puzzled expression.

"His third uncle, you heard it right." Another older man next to him said.

"Is this true? In my lifetime, I will be able to see the king enter the Central Plains and expel the Tartars?" The old man was so excited that he burst into tears after a while.

The Central Plains is occupied by Jurchen, and the people all over the world are looking forward to conquering the Central Plains! Especially the people in these enemy-occupied areas, they are eager for the arrival of the imperial army! They thought that the imperial court no longer exists, the emperor no longer exists, and their hearts are already desperate! Who knows that the court is still there, the emperor is still there, and the army is still there.

"The Jurchens are very fierce. At the beginning, the 800,000 people of the Forbidden Army were not Jurchen opponents. How can you beat Jurchen?" The youngest youth suddenly asked at this moment.

"Haha! The Forbidden Army! What is the Forbidden Army? Back then, the Bianliang Forbidden Army was known to be 800,000 people, but it was actually vulnerable! My Jingyuan Army only needed to send 20,000 cavalry to defeat all the Forbidden Army." Zhao Zhe Laughed.

At the beginning, 800,000 forbidden troops were stationed near Bianliang, but those 800,000 forbidden troops were a miracle in Chinese history. The Jurchen invaded, and the 800,000 forbidden troops did not play any role! The Forbidden Army is so bad that the 800,000 Forbidden Army is not even as good as the 800,000 people! Hearing the arrival of the Jurchen army, the 800,000 forbidden army flees watching the wind, which has long been annihilated in history!

"Can you really defeat Jurchen?" There were also villagers who didn't believe it.

"Don't worry, you are here waiting for our victory! Now the world is in a good situation, and Jurchen is eliminated in only one or two years! I am leading an army of 150,000 to enter Hebei, and General Qu Duan has led an army of 150,000 to Hedong, Li Xianzhong The general led an army of 150,000 into Yanyun and will soon enter Shandong. There are only 200,000 Jurchens left in the Central Plains. Our army of more than 400,000 encircles them, and there is no problem in destroying them! Moreover, there are still in Datong. There are more than one hundred thousand ring Qing troops, and there are 80,000 elite cavalrymen led by two generals Yue Fei and Liu Qi on the grassland. These many soldiers and horses may go south to encircle the Jurchens! There is no problem in capturing the Central Plains." Zhao Zhe said.

After Zhao Zhe finished speaking, the villagers were still skeptical.

Zhao Zhe laughed and said no more.