Inheriting the Song Dynasty

In 1127 AD, the Northern Song Dynasty fell. Immediately, the ninth imperial prince, Zhao Gou, ascended the throne in Shangqiu amidst widespread anticipation, inheriting the Song imperial line and r...

Chapter 27: Like Black and Yellow (Part 1)

No one is a fool. Don’t you know that you are surrounded?

Don’t you know that you are being treated as a pawn?

People from Jinan, Yanzhou and Dongping Prefecture are all neighbors. Can't they just ask for their lives?

However, the imminent collapse of his own rear army and the rear army of Kong Yanzhou on the far right made Liu Lin, who was in the middle, a little panicked, but Kong Yanzhou in the front army was unaware of it.

In other words, he didn't care about those things at all as he was only two miles away from Yue Fei's camp, and it was too late for him to care about them.

Since the second envoy never returned, Marshal Kong, who was resting here, had to send a third fellow from Xiangzhou as an envoy. As soon as the envoy set out, he ordered the entire army to be prepared, and then personally rode his horse up a hill, pointing to the dark camp of Yue Fei's army that was already in sight but still had no reaction and stretched for seven or eight miles, to issue a pre-war mobilization.

But before he could say anything, a muffled thunder exploded above his head, frightening Marshal Kong so much that his liver trembled.

However, he was a man in troubled times after all, and after a brief moment of shock, he was overjoyed, and then he shouted in the increasingly dense raindrops:

"Did you see that? I, Kong, am a man with destiny! Yue Fei fell into my trap and was caught off guard. God also sent rain at this time to prevent him from gathering his troops... God's will is on me. Follow me, Kong. From today on, I want the world to know who is the best hero in Xiangzhou?!"

After saying this, he rode his horse down the hill and led several hundred of his closest armored cavalrymen straight towards Yue Fei's camp.

Rain began to fall densely, but there were very thin clouds in the west behind him where the sun was. Although it could not be said to be half sunrise and half rain, the battlefield did not quickly enter a dark state because of the rain. Instead, it cast a strange color on the entire battlefield.

Turning his head, Kong Yanzhou was riding in the front, followed by hundreds of personal guards and cavalry, and thousands of soldiers and horses followed closely behind. In a moment, they had galloped a mile and even the fence of Yue Fei's camp was clearly visible. Marshal Kong was alert because there were archers and flag bearers on some simple watchtowers made of bundled wood, but they were just whispering to each other, and there was no sign of surprise or panic.

But there was no time to think about it, because at this moment, a sudden change occurred.

Suddenly, a red flag was raised in the camp right in front, followed by red flags in camps within a few miles. What followed was not the sound of drums as imagined, but the sound of countless people shouting in unison in the camp that stretched for seven or eight miles.

The shouts were well prepared and not uniform, but driven by the flags, they were almost the same and clear enough to be heard.

More importantly, tens of thousands of people shouted together, which was earth-shaking, like thunder, overwhelming the rain. The sound alone was enough to frighten Kong Yanzhou and his vanguard troops so much that they lost their composure, stopped for a moment, and the offensive stopped instantly.

Kong Yanzhou was the closest and heard the voice most clearly, which was:

"Kill Kong! Kill Kong! Kill Kong!"

PS: Thank you all for your concern. I’ll make up for what I posted last night first… I have to be a human being this month no matter what.

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