Rebirth: Overthrow Song Dynasty

Zhao Chen retreated to the cloth again, and he picked it up, only to see that it was covered in dust! The things here have been kept here for many years and no one has touched them!

Zhao Chen stroked it carefully with his hands, and he felt that it didn't look like a commoner garment, but rather a leather garment.

"What is this?" Zhao Chen turned his head and asked.

"Your Highness, this is a garment made of ape skin!" The eunuch looked at the record and said.

"Clothes made of ape skin? What's so precious?" Zhao Chen asked in surprise.

"This ape's skin is different! When Emperor Shende conquered the world, everyone praised his martial arts as invincible in the world, but Emperor Shende said that his martial arts were not number one, and there was only one person in the world who could surpass him..." the eunuch looked at While writing the record, he said slowly.

"Oh? I wonder who can beat Emperor Shende?" Zhao Chen interrupted him and asked.

"Emperor Shende said it was Chen Tuan," said the eunuch.

"Who is he?" Zhao Chen asked. After all, he was just a high school student, so he didn't know much about this famous Taoist figure.

"This person is a senior of the Daoist sect. It is said that this person lived hundreds of years ago." The eunuch said.

"Ridiculous! How can anyone live hundreds of years?" Zhao Chen laughed.

"What the prince said is true, but the folks are very respectful of this Chen Tuan! According to legend, this man dreamed of a fairy when he was young, and he was taught sleeping skills by the fairy, and he could sleep for several years! Emperors of all dynasties often summoned this person. The emperor has summoned him, and I, Emperor Shende, have also summoned him, and later Emperor Taizong and Emperor Zhenzong also summoned him many times! This person is very famous in Taoism, and the Taiji diagram was created by this person!" said the eunuch.

"This person actually created the Tai Chi Diagram?" Zhao Chen originally thought those legends were ridiculous, but he was surprised when he heard this.

"That's right, the Taiji diagram was created by this person! This ape skin was a gift from Chen Tuan to the late emperor after he ruled the world! The late emperor made clothes and put them here! As for what is in the clothes The function is not recorded above." The eunuch said.

Zhao Chen nodded slightly. Although he felt that Chen Tuan's legend was still absurd, since he was able to create such a world-famous "Tai Chi Tu", it must be a big deal! At that time, Zhao Kuangyin was the emperor of the Central Plains. How could the things Chen Tuan gave to the emperor be simple?

"I took this thing away!" Zhao Chen said.

"Yes! The villain will write it down now!" the eunuch hurriedly said.

He went around the armory again, but couldn't find much useful stuff! Here, he found a few more famous swords, but there was still a certain gap between these swords and the Seven Star Longyuan Sword in his hand, so he didn't move those swords either! He, a crown prince, brought a large number of swords to the East Palace. If someone reported it, it might not be a good thing! He only holds a sword and uses it to practice martial arts, and others have nothing to say.

Now that he has finished picking, let's go to see Wang De now! He found Wang De stopped in a corner now, Wang De's eyes were staring at a sword, his face was full of excitement!

Zhao Chen walked over and found that it was a blue sword! Different from the Seven Star Longyuan Sword in his hand, this sword is much longer, and it is a four-foot sword!

"General Wang has taken a fancy to this sword?" Zhao Chen asked.

"This sword is... the Yitian Sword!" Wang De said with a little shortness of breath.

"Pfft..." Zhao Chen almost laughed out loud, and said, "What did you say? Yitian Sword!"

Wang De nodded, and said: "It's the Yitian Sword, there's nothing wrong with it! There are seal characters on it, which means the word Yitian! The shape of this sword is exactly the same as the legendary Yitian Sword!"

"There is the Yitian Sword, is there a Dragon Slaying Saber?" Zhao Chen couldn't help asking.

"Dragon Slaying Knife?" Wang De was taken aback for a moment, then shook his head and said, "The last general has never heard of this knife!"

At this time, the old eunuch next to him said: "His Royal Highness, haven't you heard of this Yitian sword?"

"No!" Zhao Chen shook his head.

"Your Highness, this sword is one of the famous swords forged by Cao Cao!" said the eunuch.

"Oh?" Zhao Chen nodded, signaling the eunuch to continue.

"When Cao Cao unified the north, he gathered well-known craftsmen in the north and cast them into two swords, one called Yitian and the other called Qingzhi! Cao Cao used the Yitian sword to strengthen his power, and the Qingzhi sword to kill people! According to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms Emperor Shende believed that he had betrayed Zhuo's fate and doubted his own interests. He killed eight people at night with the sword in his hand. I am very envious, there was once a poem that said, "An De Yitian Sword can cut a long whale across the sea"! This is exactly Cao Cao's Yitian Sword, which was also collected by Emperor Shende!" said the eunuch.

"So there is such an allusion!" Zhao Chen was taken aback, he vaguely remembered something.

When he was in high school, he once read Luo Guanzhong's "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", in which there is a chapter where Zhao Zilong rides the Savior alone, it seems to say that Cao Cao has two swords, and it seems that there are three words "Yi Tian Jian"! It turns out that this Yitian sword was forged by Cao Cao. The real Yitian sword has nothing to do with Jin Yong's novels, and there is no dragon-slaying sword opposite to Yitian sword.

"I see! General Wang, have you taken a fancy to this Yitian sword?" Zhao Chen said.

"This... this..." Wang De showed a hesitant expression on his face.

"Don't General Wang like it?" Zhao Chen asked in surprise.

"Your Highness, this sword is Cao Cao's saber! Then Cao Cao is a traitor who usurped the great man's country and left him with a bad reputation! Although this sword is good, the last general can't use it!" Wang De said.

Only then did Zhao Chen understand the scruples in Wang De's heart, and said with a smile: "Why can't you use the sword that Cao Cao used? Can you become a minister if you use his sword?"

"This..." In fact, if you use Cao Cao's sword, you may not become a traitor, but Cao Cao's reputation is really bad. If an official of the court uses Cao Cao's sword, others will inevitably slander and disobey! Therefore, Wang De had some scruples in his heart and dared not use this sword!

"As the prince, I order you to pick up this sword and use it to protect the palace in the future!" Zhao Chen said decisively.

"Thank you, Your Highness the Crown Prince!" Wang De said joyfully.

He actually likes this sword very much, but he is afraid of other people talking nonsense! Now that the prince has spoken, it is nothing for him to hold it!

"Aside from Yitian Sword, what else do you fancy, just take it!" Zhao Chen said.

"The last general is extremely lucky to be able to obtain the Yitian Sword, and he absolutely dare not take other things!" Wang De said.

"It's a waste to put weapons here. If you're going to the front to kill the enemy, what's important, just take it!" Zhao Chen said.

Wang De just shook his head! Zhao Chen smiled, walked forward, picked out an ax and a suit of armor for Wang De himself, and then left with Wang De! As for the Yitian Sword and other things, someone will send them to Wang De's residence! Holding the Seven Star Longyuan Sword in his hand, Zhao Chen seemed to be in a much better mood, and was no longer so depressed!

"The crown prince gave the last general a sharp weapon. Such a great favor cannot be repaid forever! Wang De will be loyal to the crown prince and will follow him forever!" After walking for a while, Wang De said a little excitedly.

"You're welcome!" Zhao Chen laughed.

Zhao Chen felt that he was being generous to others! Until now, he has never regarded the palace as his home, nor has he regarded the things in the palace as his own! He still hasn't really recognized the identity of the prince until now!

"Be careful on the battlefield... Do you remember what you said at that time?" Zhao Chen said.

He was reminding Wang De not to forget that when the city of Kaifeng was broken, he must save himself!

"Of course I remember! Don't worry, the prince, if that day really comes, the last general will crawl to the palace even if he crawls to save the prince!" Wang De said.

"Okay!" Zhao Chen nodded, and then Wang De knelt down and said goodbye!

Looking at Wang De's back, Zhao Chen sighed softly. He didn't know if Wang De would meet again after he left! For a moment, countless melancholy filled his heart.

*****

On November 10, the city of Kaifeng was full of crying again!

This afternoon, Li Bangyan went out of the city in person and sent out this batch of gold and silver!

When Li Bangyan came back, he was full of smiles. He reported to Song Qinzong that although the gold and silver hadn't met the requirements of the Jurchens, the Jurchens were very happy, and they had agreed to retreat ten miles!

Sure enough, in the early morning of the second day, the Jurchen army retreated ten miles back!

Song Qinzong was overjoyed, and he ordered the officials to collect all the gold and silver that was "in arrears" with the Jurchens!

On November 15th, the Song court sent gold and silver to the Jurchen again! After the delivery this time, there wasn't even much gold and silver left in the palace!

Li Bangyan came back from the Jurchen army and said that the Jurchen allowed the court to replace gold and silver with materials! Song Qinzong was overjoyed again. From this day on, a large amount of food, weapons, household utensils, etc. stored in Kaifeng City were sent out by Song Qinzong, so that the soldiers on the city wall had no armor to wear!

From November 15th to November 25th, in just ten days, nothing of value was left in Kaifeng City!

On this night, a huge disaster struck!

It was snowing heavily, the weather was extremely cold, and the guard soldiers on the city wall were also extremely cold!

With 800,000 imperial troops staying in Kaifeng City, it is almost difficult to go to the battlefield!

They never train because they don't have to go to war! Their weapons were never cleaned, and many Custodian soldiers even sold their weapons for wine!

Relying on such a forbidden army to defend Kaifeng City, there is no "suspense" at all! Not to mention the Jurchen army in full swing, as long as any army reaches Kaifeng, it can take down Kaifeng City! The imperial army is just a display!

This forbidden army is unusually loose! Moreover, these days, the Jurchens have been sending people to negotiate peace, and the attitude of the Jurchens is getting better and better. Even after retreating ten miles, the soldiers of the Imperial Army are becoming more and more relaxed. This is one of the reasons why countless soldiers of the Imperial Army ran home to sleep ! At this moment, there are only a few people standing on the city wall of Kaifeng!

When they heard the thunderous sound of horseshoes, the few imperial soldiers on the city wall finally panicked!

"Jurchen, it's Jurchens! They, what are they going to do?!"

One hundred thousand Jurchen iron cavalry rushed towards Kaifeng City frantically. They came to the bottom of the city and crossed the frozen moat. They set up the ladder and rushed towards it frantically!