Rebirth: Overthrow Song Dynasty

In the fourth year of Xuanwu, Zhao Chen went to Sichuan and Shu to put down the Bailian Rebellion.

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

Zhao Chen was still a teenager, with more or less childishness in his body, but now he is fully grown up! After experiencing the battle of Guanshan, Xixia, Jiangnan, and the Central Plains, he has already surpassed his age and reached the pinnacle of this era in terms of boldness, heart, and insight. At this moment, he is even better than before.

Zhang Ziqiu is still the same as before, but because he is dressed like a beggar, he looks abnormally desolate.

"I didn't expect you to be Emperor Xuanwu!" Zhang Ziqiu murmured, his gaze turned to Yao Master Guo, 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 martial arts, strong willed, and his mind will not change. Therefore, I cannot release him. I can only kill him. Kill!" Zhao Chen said.

"I understand." Zhang Ziqiu whispered.

"Brother Zhang, if I let you go, would you avenge your master?" Looking at Zhang Ziqiu's sad look, 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 friends, I will not kill you, but I will not let you go! From now on, you are afraid that you will spend your whole life in prison." Zhao Chen said lightly.

"Sure enough to be the emperor of ZTE Song Dynasty, he is merciless! But don't worry, I will not kill you! The world has been in war for 20 years, and the people have suffered so much. Now is the time for the people to recuperate, even for the people of the world. , I can't kill you either." Zhang Ziqiu said.

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

"Aren't you afraid of me turning back?" Zhang Ziqiu said.

"I believe in Brother Zhang's character." Zhao Chen smiled.

This Ziqiu is a pure scholar, although on the surface he is a person in the world, but he is a bookish and bookish person. This kind of person is the most pedantic, and they will not violate their promise.

"I want to take away the body of the master." Zhang Ziqiu said.

"Good!" Zhao Chen nodded.

At that moment Zhang Ziqiu broke free from the guards, he came to Guo Yaoshi, and knelt down slowly, with tears in his eyes.

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

"Brother Zhang, no matter what, you and I are all friends. I really appreciate Brother Zhang’s knowledge and character! In the future, if you need help, you can go to the palace of Yenching to find me. If it’s me If you can do it, you will never refuse." Seeing that Zhang Ziqiu was about to leave the encirclement of the guards, Zhao Chen thought for a while and said.

"Thank you!" Zhang Ziqiu nodded and said.

"The Song Dynasty under my governance is different from the previous dynasties. I have just told Lingshi that you can allow you to spread your thoughts freely. You are the descendant of the Demon Sect, and you can also spread it in the Song Dynasty. Thinking, I will not limit." Zhao Chen said.

"I understand, thank you! What the master can't do, maybe I can achieve it! But I will not confront the court directly, but spread my magical thoughts in the Song Dynasty as you wish." Zhang Ziqiu said.

Hearing this, Zhao Chen smiled slightly.

"By the way, I have to tell you one more thing. Xiaoyaozi originally discussed with my master and assassinated 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 steps again, suddenly said.

"Okay, I get it!" Zhao Chen nodded.

"I want to take the master to leave Zhongjing City, and serve the master for three years! Qin Yuzhen of the Tianshan School, and Miss Xue Susu Xue of the Yin Yang School are all locked in the courtyard of the East City by my master. With your ability, it must be very soon. You 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.

For these two women, he has a deep impression! Especially Qin Yuzhen, when he saw it on Zhongnan Mountain that day, he was astonished to the extreme. It was also his first truly heart-warming woman. He didn't expect that these two women were also in Zhongjing City 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 walked over from a distance and said.

"Okay! Also, immediately interrogate these prisoners to find out where Yao Master Guo's stronghold is." Zhao Chen said.

Most of the more than ten assassins brought by Yaoshi Guo have been killed, but a few others have been captured alive. At the moment Kang An agreed to interrogate these prisoners.

In the afternoon, Zhao Chen finally found out where Yao Shi’s stronghold was. He personally took the guards towards the courtyard where Yao Shi had previously hid.

After arriving in the courtyard, the guards rushed in, but they did not find a single person.

Zhao Chen has already entered the house, where there is still a stove, and there is nothing in it. There are no figures of Qin Yuzhen and Xue Susu at all.

"Send people across the city to look for them, and we must find them." Zhao Chen said in a daze.

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

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

"Han Shizhong led an army of 200,000 to Shangjing, and it was easy to conquer Shangjing!" Zhao Chen said.

There are not many garrisons in the upper capital at all. There are only 20,000 or 30,000 new Khitan affiliations. The combat effectiveness of those new affiliations is extremely low, and they are definitely not the opponents of the 200,000 elite troops led by Han Shizhong!

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

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

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

The two of them discussed state affairs in this small room, and they didn't leave here until late at night. The next morning they got the news that Han Shizhong had conquered Beijing!

Han Shizhong took the prestige of Mengmeng to Shangjing Linhuang Mansion, where the defenders descended without a fight, and Han Shizhong was already exercising 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.

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

It's just the heavy snow in the past few days, and the whole grassland has become a white piece! Even if the sky is clear, the snow cannot melt!

The north wind whistling on the grassland, the weather is still abnormally cold!

As the sun sets, a long team of Khitans is walking on the snow in a place more than 700 miles northwest of the upper capital.

In addition to snow, there is still snow in all directions, an empty space! In fact, for several days in a row, they have not seen a town, tribe, or a single figure! Originally, this place was considered to be within the territory of the Liao Kingdom. There were countless Khitan tribes on this land. However, when the Liao Kingdom was destroyed, Yelv Dashi went to Central Asia, and all the Khitan tribes here followed Yelv Dashi to Central Asia. Years have passed, and there is no one left here!

The team stretched for more than ten miles. Among them were young soldiers riding war horses, as well as some old men, women, and children sitting in carriages! After a long march, the carriage gradually became problematic. Many people had to get off the carriage and walk forward on foot.

In this long queue, there are still cattle and sheep, but in the heavy snow in the past few days, most of the cattle and sheep have frozen to death. They put those frozen cattle and sheep on the carriage, and they can also be used as food on the road.

Whether they are young people or old people, women, or children, everyone is weather-beaten. Their faces are red with cold, the children are still crying, and the adults are walking silently, some At that time, they raised their heads and looked forward, with a look of longing in their eyes.

A middle-aged Khitan came from the back of the line to the front, and a dozen young soldiers followed him.

The clothes on his body are also very torn, his face is full of beards, and there are a lot of white hair in his hair.

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

"Sweat, we traveled for thousands of miles, from autumn to winter, a lot of people died along the way! Our cattle and sheep are now less than half, and now I don't know how far away from Beijing?" A seventeen or eighteen year old The Youth Road.

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

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

"Of course we can regain our country! Over the years, we have been brave enough. All the men in the clan are fighters, just like when we first founded our country 200 years ago! Our fighters are exceptionally brave and not under the Jurchens! I heard After the Jurchens got the land of our Liao Kingdom, they were corrupt and degenerate. In just over ten years, they were not so corrupt and they were not opponents of the Han people! Such Jurchens are no longer worthy of our fear! As long as we return to Beijing, we will be able to recover. Jiangshan!" The middle-aged Khitan was a little excited.

"But, sweat, there are still Han people in the south! Now those Han people are very powerful, and they have already taken down the Sixteenth State of Yanyun!" the young man said again.

"The Hans are not worthy! When I was still in the Liao country, the Han people used to practice the so-called'Lianjin annihilation of the Liao'. Jurchen went south, and they went north. At that time, they were two famous generals of the Song Dynasty. But In front of my Khitan army, it is still vulnerable! Now my Khitan army is far better than before, and they are not our opponents! Everything is ready now, just waiting for us to return to Beijing!" The middle-aged Khitan man laughed.

The Khitan army kept walking forward, and the sky became dark, but they did not find a place to rest, so the night was still marching forward.

In the middle of the night, there was the sound of horses hoofs in the distance.