Rebirth: Overthrow Song Dynasty

Zhao Chen was still standing there. After a while, Li Gang came to Zhao Chen. He pulled Zhao Chen to a remote corner and talked about the situation in Xiangzhou City.

"Xiangzhou City has a large number of soldiers and horses. There are more than 200,000 routs from all walks of life, and more than 500,000 rebels from all walks of life! Those routs still have some combat power, and those rebels are actually refugees fleeing. Most of them don't even have weapons. The so-called The "Yijun" are all self-proclaimed! In addition, Liu Guangshi came with 70,000 Liu's army a few days ago, and these 70,000 Liu's army is currently the most elite army in Xiangzhou City!" Li Gang said.

Zhao Chen nodded.

"Now there are many brave generals in Xiangzhou City. In addition to Liu Guangshi, Han Shizhong, the number one master of the Western Army, is also here, and Zhang Jun, another rising star of the Western Army, is also here! In addition, there are also many masters in the Rebel Army, the most famous of which is Called Wang Yan!" Li Gang said again.

In such a short period of time, it was really not easy for Li Gang to inquire about so much information.

"Liu Guangshi, Han Shizhong, Zhang Jun, Wang Yan..." Zhao Chen silently read the names of these people.

The first three of these four, Liu Guangshi, Han Shizhong, and Zhang Jun, are all ZTE's four generals. Except for Yue Fei, they all came here! As for Wang Yan, he is also well-known in history. His Bazi Army was the most famous rebel army in the early Southern Song Dynasty, and he also made a lot of military exploits in the early Southern Song Dynasty! At the earliest time, Yue Fei was even Wang Yan's subordinate!

Zhao Chen was secretly shocked that Kang Wang had so many powerful generals under his command!

"Your Highness, these generals are all loyal to His Highness King Kang...Kang Wang is quite capable in winning people's hearts!" Li Gang was silent for a moment, then suddenly said.

He was able to inquire about the number of soldiers and horses in Xiangzhou City and the names of the brave generals. He did not expect that he found out that these generals were loyal to King Kang!

"They are all loyal to Uncle Jiu? Win people's hearts? How does Uncle Jiu win people's hearts?" Zhao Chen was a little surprised.

"Then Han Shizhong fell in love with a military prostitute. It's just that although Han Shizhong has high martial arts skills, his position is low! He wanted to take the military prostitute away, but the steward of the military prostitute camp ignored him! He ordered someone to reward that military prostitute to Han Shizhong! The military prostitute was called Liang Hongyu, who was said to be quite skilled in martial arts, and now she is leading troops with Han Shizhong... Liu Guangshi wanted to be an official, so he made Liu Guangshi the deputy marshal of the world's soldiers and horses... Zhang Jun was born in a humble background, so he bestowed on Zhang Jun the title... Wang Yan didn't ask for an official or a title, but only wanted to be able to recover the Central Plains and resist the Jin soldiers, so he gave Wang Yan all the weapons in Xiangzhou City...His Royal Highness Kang is good at grasping People's hearts, once these generals have needs, he will try their best to meet them, so these generals are loyal to him!" Li Gang said.

"Kang Kang...my ninth uncle really has some talent!" Zhao Chen secretly said.

Although Song Gaozong was a famous emperor seeking peace in history, he discovered countless good officials and generals during his reign! He discovered and promoted the four generals of Zhongxing in the Southern Song Dynasty, Yue Fei, Han Shizhong, Liu Guangshi, and Zhang Jun. He also promoted famous officials such as Li Gang, Zong Ze, Zhao Ding, and Hu Quan. Of course, he also promoted a peerless like Qin Hui. Traitor, let Qin Hui take charge of the peace process! Song Gaozong has the ability to know people, which is far better than Song Huizong and Song Qinzong! If this person is determined to regain the Central Plains, he may really achieve something! It's a pity that this person is greedy for the throne, afraid of the return of the second emperor, and his own throne will not be guaranteed, so he has always resisted the Northern Expedition!

"I originally decided to enter Xiangzhou City this afternoon. After thinking about it now, I'd better wait until later." Li Gang said again.

"Oh?" Zhao Chen was a little surprised, not understanding why Li Gang suddenly changed his mind.

"His Royal Highness Kang is so good at winning people's hearts, I don't know whether it is good or bad... We have to wait a little longer, take a look, and see what kind of person His Royal Highness is! He has so many troops under his command, why does he always stay in the Xiangzhou City is unwilling to go to Kaifeng to rescue the two Majesties!" Li Gang said.

He is a famous official of a generation. He has gone through the three dynasties of Song Huizong, Song Qinzong, and Song Gaozong. In the late Northern Song Dynasty and the early Southern Song Dynasty, he suffered countless persecutions, but he was always able to stand tall and made a comeback many times. This person has extremely rich experience in political struggle ! Although he only knows a small part of the information now, he already feels that Zhao Gou is unreliable and has a big problem!

He vaguely felt that Zhao Gou had great political ambitions, and a vassal with such great political ambitions was not a blessing to the community!

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It was getting dark, and the two headed towards the west of Xiangzhou City. After walking for more than ten miles, they saw a ruined temple here.

"Your Highness, we will rest in this temple today." Li Gang said.

Zhao Chen nodded. After several days of trekking, he was really exhausted! Now as long as there is a place to keep out the wind, even if it is a ruined temple, it doesn't matter!

As the cold wind howled, Li Gang and Zhao Chen strode towards the ruined temple! Li Gang pushed the temple door open, only to find that there was fire in the temple!

In the ruined temple, there were three people sitting around a fire, where they were warming up.

Through the firelight, Li Gang could clearly see the faces of these three people. One of them was in his thirties and looked quite calm, and the other was in his twenties. His face gave people a very honest and dull feeling. , and another person is seventeen or eighteen years old, feeling unusually lively! These three people are all wearing ordinary peasant clothes, but two of them have short knives beside them, and one has a long gun beside them. It seems that these three people should belong to the "Rebel Army" of Xiangzhou City up!

"The three strong men are very polite! Our grandfather and grandson passed by here, and we want to spend the night here, I wonder if it is possible?" Li Gang walked in with Zhao Chen, bent down and saluted, and said.

"This temple is not ours, we are only staying here for the time being! Please sit down, both of you!" The middle-aged man in his thirties laughed.

"Thank you!" Li Gang nodded, and immediately led Zhao Chen to a corner of the ruined temple.

The two of them sat there, and the three people on the opposite side ignored them, but continued to chat by the fire! After a while, the seventeen or eighteen-year-old young man took out a roe deer. He peeled off the roe's skin with a knife, skewered the roe deer meat with branches, and roasted it on the fire! Gradually, the smell of meat came out!

After smelling the aroma of the meat, Zhao Chen's stomach started to growl! He was really hungry during this time, not to mention meat, even moldy steamed buns, he hadn't eaten a few times! Many times, he and Li Gang have to rely on the bark for a living! Beside, Li Gang's stomach is also growling! In this month, Li Gang was already skinny! At that moment, Li Gang shrank back, closed his eyes, and forced himself not to look at that place, not to smell the smell of meat there.

The three people on the opposite side were grilling meat while talking, but their voices came to Li Gang and Zhao Chen's ears continuously!

"It has been more than a month since the Jin soldiers entered Kaifeng, and the second emperor was captured. This is the greatest shame in the world! Why has our emperor in the Central Plains been captured by foreigners? Eldest brother, second elder brother, when are we going to rescue His Majesty?" The young man said.

"It seems that His Royal Highness King Kang has no plans to go south!" the middle-aged man in his thirties said.

"He doesn't want to go south, our hundreds of thousands of rebels can go south to rescue His Majesty by ourselves!" said the young man.

"Hundreds of thousands of rebels? Many of our rebels don't even have weapons, and the only one with the strongest strength is Wang Yan. It's a pity that Wang Yan obeys His Highness Kang Wang! Without His Highness Kang Wang's order, Wang Yan can't go south!" Humane.

"Brother, third brother, there is no need to argue about this issue... In fact, even if His Royal Highness King Kang goes south, he is absolutely no match for the Jurchens! Although there are so many defeated soldiers and rebels in Xiangzhou City, they are all mobs! It is impossible for 100,000 people to defeat 100,000 Jurchen iron cavalry!" The dull young man said humanely.

He looks dull and looks like an honest farmer on the surface, but his voice is unusually sonorous and powerful.

After hearing his words, the other two didn't say any more, as if they were convinced by his words.

"Hey, the Tartars invaded, the second emperor was captured, and countless compatriots were killed by the Tartars! It's unbearable that my dignified China has been reduced to such a situation!" After a long time, the middle-aged man sighed.

The smell of meat became more and more intense. At this moment, the middle-aged man looked in the direction of Li Gang and Zhao Chen, and said, "You two, the meat is already cooked. Come over and eat something."

Li Gang and Zhao Chen were listening to them, but when Li Gang opened his eyes, he hesitated for a moment, nodded and said, "Okay! Thank you for that!"

Li Gang felt that it didn't matter if he was hungry, but Zhao Chen hadn't had a full meal for several days. For Zhao Chen, he had the audacity to beg for something to eat.

At that moment, Li Gang and Zhao Chen came to the fire, and they felt a burst of warmth when they came here, Li Gang and Zhao Chen couldn't help showing a gleam of joy on their faces.

The middle-aged man cut open the roe deer meat with a knife, and gave a large piece to Li Gang and Zhao Chen each! The roe deer meat was boiling hot, but Li Gang had already started to eat it! It wasn't that he was so hungry, but he wanted to taste it for himself first. It was true that the roe deer meat was fine, and then let Zhao Chen eat it! After a while, the roe deer meat almost became cold, Li Gang looked at Zhao Chen, nodded at Zhao Chen, and Zhao Chen started to eat it!

The two of them hadn't eaten meat for more than a month, and now they both felt that roe deer meat was extremely delicious! Especially Zhao Chen, he has never experienced such suffering since he was a child, and he is eating very fast at the moment! It's just that although he eats extremely fast, he still gives people an elegant feeling! He stayed in the palace for more than half a year, and received more than half a year of royal etiquette education. Whether it was sleeping, eating, etc., he had a set of etiquette rules! As a result, his every move is elegant and generous. Although he has fled for a month, his body is full of dust, and his clothes are worn out, but his body still inevitably reveals his extravagance!

The three of them originally treated Li Gang and Zhao Chen as ordinary grandparents, but only now did they realize that was not the case.

"Old man, did your grandfather and grandson escape from disaster?" asked the middle-aged man.

"Not bad!" Li Gang nodded.

"Where did you flee from? Judging from your accent, it sounds like someone from Kaifeng!" the middle-aged man said again.

"We escaped from Kaifeng!" Li Gang said.

Hearing this, the three of them all had surprised expressions on their faces! Now there are a lot of people fleeing in Xiangzhou City, but most of them are from Hebei and Hedong generations, and almost none are from Kaifeng Prefecture!

"I heard that Kaifeng City was surrounded by 100,000 Jurchen captives. Few of them escaped. How did you escape?" asked the middle-aged man.

"We were originally living outside Kaifeng City. When the Jurchen Tartars arrived, we hid in the nearby hills, so we could escape!" Li Gang said.

"It turned out to be outside Kaifeng City... I don't know how the situation in Kaifeng City is now?" the middle-aged man said somewhat disappointed.

He originally thought that these two people escaped from Kaifeng City, and through these two people, he could understand the situation of Kaifeng City, and even know the whereabouts of the Second Emperor, but unfortunately these two people lived outside Kaifeng City! Thinking about it this way, it's not surprising that they were able to escape!

"The situation in Kaifeng City is not very good! On the night of November 25th, the Jurchens attacked the city with overwhelming momentum! We hadn't escaped that night, and we could hear the screams in Kaifeng City far away. Since the beginning of the night, Kaifeng City has been bleeding into rivers, and the bloody smell has attracted all the wolves in the mountains! We knew something was wrong, so we left Kaifeng City immediately!" Li Gang said.

"Kaifeng City must have become a hell on earth!" The middle-aged man said with a soft sigh.

"There are so many routs and rebels in Xiangzhou city, and there are 70,000 Liu family troops. Could it be that Kaifeng city can't be rescued?" Li Gang couldn't help but ask at this moment.

"On the one hand, His Royal Highness King Kang doesn't seem to have the intention to rescue Kaifeng City; on the other hand, my brother just said that the soldiers and horses in Xiangzhou City are mobs, and even if they go to Kaifeng, they will not be the opponents of the Jurchen." The middle-aged man said.

"Then what? Could it be that Kang Wang and the various armies just watched the Second Emperor being killed or taken away by the Jurchen, and suffered all kinds of humiliation?" Li Gang said.

"This..." The middle-aged man smiled wryly and stopped talking.

"If you want to rescue the second emperor, I'm afraid it will be really difficult! Now not only the second emperor has been captured, but also the prince, and all the clans in Kaifeng City have been captured! Right now, only His Royal Highness King Kang has escaped. Song's hope can only be placed on Kang Wang! When we rebuild the army in the future, we will seek revenge from the Jurchens!" said the seventeen or eighteen-year-old young man.

"Who said that the hope of rejuvenating the Great Song Dynasty can only be placed on King Kang? When we were running all the way, I heard that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had escaped from the city of Kaifeng!" Li Gang said.

"What?" Hearing this, the three of them were shocked and froze there!

"The people around Kaifeng City have spread the word that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has escaped from Kaifeng City! The Jurchen army has only surrounded Kaifeng for one day, and the Jurchen army began to gather in large numbers that afternoon, chasing His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!" Li Gang said.

According to Li Gang's idea, the Jurchens gathered in large numbers to pursue Zhao Chen that day, and the news had already spread! But in Xiangzhou City, the general routs and rebels didn't know the news of the prince's escape, or even the news of the Jurchen's mass gathering that day, which is quite strange! He guessed that Kang Wang might be blocking the news, and he felt more and more that Kang Wang's purpose was impure, so he wanted to spread the news now!

"Why don't we know about this?" said the honest-looking young man.

"I don't understand this!" Li Gang shook his head.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is the Crown Prince of the Great Song Dynasty. Now that the Second Emperor has been captured, if the Crown Prince escapes, we will naturally take him as the leader and rejuvenate the Great Song Dynasty!" the middle-aged man said.

"Naturally!" Li Gang nodded.

"I don't know if this news is true or not... Moreover, even if it is true, even if the crown prince escaped, but the crown prince is only ten years old, how can he take on the task of revitalizing the Central Plains?" asked the seventeen or eighteen-year-old young man.

"Third brother, stop talking nonsense! Although His Highness the Crown Prince is young, he is the eldest grandson of the Supreme Emperor, the eldest son of the Emperor, and will inherit the throne in the future. If the task of revitalizing the Central Plains is not on him, who else can it be? body?" The middle-aged man said.

"Brother, I still think Kang Wang is more suitable! Kang Wang is old and has countless generals to support him. Now Kang Wang should lead everyone to revive the Central Plains... but Kang Wang is a vassal king and cannot inherit the throne. Wufu led everyone justifiably. ...But now it is a troubled time, and we can't take care of many laws and regulations, elder brother, second elder brother, can you make King Kang the lord of the world?" The young man hesitated for a while, and said.

"Nonsense!" At this moment, the dull young man suddenly let out a roar, the sound actually rumbled in people's ears, and the dust on the wall of the ruined temple was shaken down one after another, obviously he was extremely angry! His face turned red at this moment, and he pointed at the young man, his fingers were trembling!

"Second brother, I..." The young man sat on the side with a face full of fear, not daring to say more.

"Hmph! Although King Kang is old and supported by countless generals, he is just a vassal king! The second emperor was captured, and it is natural and natural for the prince to inherit the throne. What qualifications does King Kang have to inherit the throne? Third brother, What you said just now is extremely rebellious, don't let me hear such words again in the future!" The dull young man said coldly.

"Second brother, I understand. I was confused just now..." the young man murmured.

"Loyalty means righteousness! You must always remember this character of loyalty!" The dull young man's voice gradually calmed down.

The ancients paid attention to the word loyalty, which is different from the loyalty of later generations. It is loyal to the emperor and the monarch! Loyalty is the foundation of being a human being in ancient times, and it is also the minimum moral requirement for being a human being. There is nothing worse than infidelity in this era! The second emperor was captured and the crown prince fled. The people of the world will be loyal to the crown prince that day! The two emperors were captured, and they were not loyal to the prince but loyal to a vassal king, and even supported the vassal king as the lord of the world for a long time. This is not in line with the moral standards and patriarchal concepts of the ancients. It is an extremely rebellious and very immoral behavior. Call it "rebellious and immoral", so that stupid young man was extremely angry!

Listening to these people talking, Li Gang nodded secretly! He thought to himself that although the north was occupied by the Jurchens, the people in the north still did not forget "loyalty". With the support of so many people, it is not impossible to rejuvenate the Song Dynasty!

He lowered his head to think about things, but he didn't see the dull young man suddenly raised his head and looked outside the temple! After a while, the middle-aged and young people also looked up to the outside of the temple! After a while, Zhao Chen also raised his head and looked outside the temple! At this time, Li Gang finally became alert!

"What happened?" Li Gang said.