Rebirth: Overthrow Song Dynasty

Chapter 43 Going West Again

Because it was snowing, the sky was very gray and the road was very smooth, so they marched extremely slowly!

Zhao Chen is in the army, and the three Yue Fei brothers are by his side, it is best to be by his side at this moment!

Everyone is riding on the horse, moving forward slowly!

Zhao Chen's hair had turned white, and he said: "General Zhe, you are the Xuanfu envoy of Shaanxi, responsible for defending the whole of Shaanxi! This Tongguan is the gateway to Shaanxi, and it is very important. Now that you have given up here, you are worthy of your father." The emperor's trust in you?"

Zhe Keqiu was taken aback for a moment, he did not expect His Royal Highness to ask this question, and immediately said: "Your Highness, there is no need to worry, I have already sent someone to inform General Yao Guyao, he will bring people to Tongguan to defend Tongguan!"

Zhao Chen was taken aback, and Yue Fei and the others beside him were also taken aback. They didn't expect Zhekeqiu to have such a skill! But after thinking about it, they all understood Zhe Keqiu's plan. Zhe Keqiu wanted to rely on Yao Gu's Yao family army to resist the Jurchens!

"Is the Jurchens not far from Tongguan?" Zhao Chen asked.

"Your Highness is wise, the Jurchens are indeed not very far away! They have already arrived in Shanzhou!" Zhao Chen was a little surprised that Zhao Chen's mind reacted so quickly, but he could ask for it!

But soon, Zhao Chen showed a terrified expression on his face. He lashed the horse with a whip, causing the horse to accelerate forward, and he was still shouting loudly: "Since the Jurchens have arrived in Shanzhou, the distance between the horses and the horses is far away." It’s not far from here, what are you still dawdling about?”

He was yelling, but his body was trembling constantly, as if he was extremely frightened!

Seeing Zhao Chen like this, a smile appeared on Zhe Keqiu's face! This kind of prince is the one he "likes". Only such a cowardly prince will have no threat!

"Your Highness, don't be afraid, with my Zhe family's army of more than 100,000, you can always protect His Highness!" Zhe Keqiu chased after him, and said.

"Okay, okay, I just need to rely on the Zhejia army now!" Zhao Chen panted heavily, his face pale.

"The Zhejia army is a strong army in the northwest, not to mention that the Jurchens haven't come yet, even if they come, we can stop them!" Zhe Keqiu assured.

"Hey! When the Jurchens just went south, I suggested that the royal father move the capital, but the royal father didn't listen! If the royal father followed my advice, how could he be captured by the Jurchens?" Zhao Chen sighed.

"When the Jurchens just went south... Did the Jurchens take down the three northern towns at that time?" Zhe Keqiu asked.

"Of course it hasn't been defeated yet! But I know we are definitely not their opponents!" Zhao Chen shook his head.

"Your Highness is still wise. At that time, he could have guessed that the Jurchens were strong and would eventually conquer Kaifeng!" Zhe Keqiu said "complimentally".

He flattered him on the surface, but he actually despised Zhao Chen, the prince, to the extreme! The Jurchens have just gone south, and the prince is about to move the capital. How timid and cowardly is this prince?

Thinking of this, he really wanted to laugh! Zhao Chen next to him saw his smug face, and a mocking smile appeared on the corner of his mouth!

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There was a shortage of horses in the Northern Song Dynasty, and so did the Zhejia Army. Except for a small number of cavalry, most of the Zhejia Army were infantry! They usually train slack, and at this moment, the marching speed of these infantry is also extremely slow!

In the whole afternoon, they only walked dozens of miles!

At this moment, they rushed to a small town, and they rested in this small town that night. In the middle of the night, there was a sudden noisy sound outside!

Zhao Chen was awakened from his sleep, he hurriedly put on his clothes and went out, outside, Yue Fei and others had already greeted him.

"What happened?" Zhao Chen asked.

"It seems that there are other Western Army soldiers coming, it seems to be Yao's army!" Yue Fei said.

"Oh! Yao Jiajun, then Yao Gu is also a general of the Western Army, is he among them?" Zhao Chen said.

"We don't know about this!" Yue Fei said.

"I want to go out and have a look!" Zhao Chen said.

Zhao Chen wanted to go out and have a look, Yue Fei and others naturally followed!

It's just that when they came to the door, they realized that there were many Zhejia army soldiers guarding here, and these soldiers actually blocked them and wouldn't let them pass!

"I am the prince, how dare you stop me?" Zhao Chen said coldly.

"Your Highness, this is General Zhe's order, please don't embarrass us!" The leading lieutenant is still Kang An, he smiled wryly.

"Hmph, His Royal Highness is the crown prince of the country, and his status is still higher than your generals! His Royal Highness wants to go out, even the generals can't stop him, how dare you stop him?" Zhang Xian said coldly.

"I'm sorry, I can't let you go without the order of General Zhe!" Kang An said.

"What if we have to go there?" Zhang Xian said.

"Please don't force us!" Kang An said.

The soldiers of the Zhejia army had already picked up their weapons and pointed them in this direction. Seeing that the conflict was about to happen, Zhao Chen finally said, "Forget it, since General Zhe won't let us go out, then we won't let you out." Go out! Believe that he is also for our good, let's go back!"

He turned and left, Zhang Xian looked at Kang An and the others angrily, and finally left!

After returning to the house, Zhang Xian was still indignant, and said: "If you ask for a crime, you deserve death. We are free in name, but in fact we are still under his house arrest!"

Zhao Chen smiled faintly, and said, "He wants to completely control us and prevent us from seeing Yao Gu! Is he afraid that Yao Gu will take us away?"

In fact, it is indeed such an idea! Now he wants to firmly grasp Zhao Chen, and must not let Zhao Chen fall into the hands of others! Otherwise, his plan of "holding the emperor to order the princes" cannot be implemented!

"Your Highness, staying here is like staying in a wolf's den. There are many dangers! Why don't I escort you out and see Yao Gu, and then Your Highness will be truly free!" Yue Fei said.

"This..." Zhao Chen pondered, and after a long time, he said, "Forget it! In the troubled times, no one knows what will happen! It's impossible to have a pure mind, so does Yao Gu have a pure mind? Furthermore, Yao Gu obviously has no brains, so he can only give Tongguan to him. This is to use him to resist the golden soldiers, and he has fallen for it! If I follow him, even if he is loyal to me, I'm afraid he will Killed by the golden soldiers! Besides, if I get into his army, will Zhe Keqiu give up? What's the point of being 'robbed' by him again when the time comes when Zhe Ke has an army of 150,000?"

Yue Fei nodded, and said: "Since that's the case, we'll stay here! Let's follow the discount!"

In fact, although the Yao family army came, Yao Gu himself did not come here at all! It is possible to give up Tongguan and Chang'an to Yao Gu. Yao Gu has already gone to Chang'an. He just sent more than 10,000 soldiers to accept Tongguan!

In the early morning of the second day, Zhao Chen followed Zhe Keqiu and others to the west again, and Zhe Keqiu was still by Zhao Chen's side!

"Are we going to Chang'an?" Zhao Chen asked, looking into the distance.

"Your Highness, the Jurchens are coming fiercely. It may not be safe to reach Chang'an. Let's go west!" Zhe Keqiu said.

"Going all the way west?" Zhao Chen froze there!

To be honest, he really didn't know where the Zhejia army was going. He thought that the Zhejia army would stop when they arrived in Chang'an, but who knew they would go west! He also doesn't know that Zhe Keqiu has given up Chang'an to Yao Gu!

"That's right, let's go to Fengxiang Mansion, or let's go to Hanzhong, and we'll stop there!" Zhe Keqiu said.

On February 15th, when they passed by Chang'an, they did not enter the city of Chang'an, but passed through the south side of Chang'an! It was not until they left for a long time that Yao Gu got the news! Yao Gu originally wanted to meet the Crown Prince, but now that the Crown Prince had gone west, he gave up.

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And on this day, the Jurchens' vanguard army had crossed the Yellow River and arrived at the city of Tongguan!

The leader was a young general, he looked only about 20 years old, but he was unusually tough! Although it was snowing, he was wearing unusually thin clothes. He was bare with a thick arm. It could be seen that his skin was dark, his muscles were bulging, and his whole body seemed to be full of explosive power!

His face is strange and ancient, and his appearance is different! If it is a Jurchen veteran who has been fighting for many years, he can recognize that his appearance is somewhat similar to that of the former Jurchen hero Wanyan Aguda!

He is none other than Wanyan Aguda's fourth son, Wanyan Zongbi who is famous all over the world in later generations, or it can be called Wanyan Wushu, Jin Wushu!

Now that he is still young, his time in battle is limited, and his military exploits are also limited, so his current official position is only Marshal Zuo Dujian, and at the same time he is a vanguard!

At this moment, he looked at Tongguan City in front of him, his eyes were full of excitement!

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