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 49: Like Thunder and Lightning

Sali was stunned after listening to it, and after thinking for a moment, he still instinctively maintained his objection: "It's still not right... If it's to destroy a partial army, why doesn't he have a bronze mask?!"

"What?" Tai Shi Nu didn't understand the other party's thinking for a moment.

"I mean, the crossbowmen who blocked our way clearly don't have any reputation. They are clearly the crossbowmen hastily assembled by Wu Jie..." Salihe spoke as if he had found some incredible evidence, and seemed anxious to receive some reward for refuting the other party.

"So what?!" This time, it was not the Taishi slave, but a Jurchen Meng'an beside him who also came to his senses. "Wan Hu! Is the crossbowman in front of you Wu Jie's stationed arrows or Han Shizhong's destroying troops, what difference does it make?"

"If it is the stationed arrows, not to destroy the small army, then it means that someone is pretending to be Han Shizhong behind..." Salihe hurried to explain.

"It's just a bronze mask. You can put it on anytime!" Tai Shi Nu got angry after hearing half of it.

Salihe was finally stunned.

But the Grand Master's slave was still angry: "Wan Hu, don't you understand? Starting from that bowl of soup, Han Shizhong did it on purpose, just to make you not believe that he came here in person. So that when he rushes out with the Beiwei Army in person later, you will probably panic and not dare to fight!"

Salihe was about to say something else when he suddenly heard a loud bang on the front line. It turned out that the crossbow arrows of the Song army suddenly became dense for some reason, forcing the Jin army to retreat as a whole. There seemed to be some other explanation as well.

Soon, a Mouke came running in and reported: "Wan Hu, the Song army suddenly put on visors, all of them were dark red copper masks. My Meng'an asked me to tell you that it must be Han Shizhong who destroyed the army... Make a decision quickly and be careful!"

After saying this, the Mouke rushed back.

Upon hearing this, all the Meng'an and Mouke around looked unhappy and stared at Salihe and Tai Shi Nu under Salihe's horse. Tai Shi Nu said nothing and climbed onto the horse with a serious look. At this moment, Salihe was stunned on the spot. He felt his hands and feet were cold, his mind was empty, and his words were choked.

But at least I didn't cry again.

“Great soup!”

While the scene was bustling a few hundred steps away, in the empty camp, Han Shizhong handed the soup bowl to Zhang Heng, then put on his helmet, fastened his armor buckles, and calmly mounted his horse. The soldiers around him, including Cheng Min, had already turned back, but they also mounted their horses again, replaced their spears, and lined up to wait for military orders.

"That's enough." After taking a look at the Beiwei Army knights around him, Han Shizhong took out the bronze mask from behind his waist, put it on on the spot, and then spoke to Zhang Heng again.

When Zhang Heng heard the military order, he did not go to deliver it in person, nor did he use any trumpets, gongs or drums. He just raised the already empty soup bowl in his hand high up and made a downward gesture in the air.

Immediately, the Gu Jishan rebels, who had been prepared, dragged the rope and pulled together.

Then the sound of plop echoed throughout the river valley, raising countless smoke and dust.

Han Shizhong did not say a word. He just reined in his horse with one hand and took out his spear with the other hand, throwing away the lasso on the spear head, then rushed towards the smoke. The guards around him rushed up to follow him. Then, without Cheng Min's order, the 3,000 Beiwei soldiers on horseback rushed up together and charged eastward with their own prince.

It is said that there was a thud before, which raised a lot of dust. Outside the dust, the Jin army was still at a loss. Then they heard the rumbling sound of horse hooves, followed by the shouts of countless people cheering, and the enemy-killing bows and divine arm bows took advantage of the situation to fire, making the Jin army even more panicked.

But unexpectedly, the iron cavalry with bronze faces and shining spears, like arrows shot from a bow, pierced through the rolling smoke and dust, and came towards him from west to east, just like a thunderbolt.

In this case, how can a human being withstand such a situation? ! As the saying goes, three times and four bowls, be patient and wait for the right time, and then strike hard, and you will win the will of the three armies, and the victory or defeat will be determined!

And when the charge came, on the banks of the Fen River, in the smoke and dust, the Jin troops on the front line believed a moment earlier than Salihe that Han Shizhong was here! The King of Han was here!

A few hundred steps away, although the smoke and dust ahead made it impossible to see the specific situation, the rumbling of horse hooves was enough to wake Salihe up. Then thousands of Jin soldiers fled in a panic, hastily seizing horses and heading backwards, talking about the Beiwei Army or calling out for Han Shizhong, which made him completely awake.

When they met on a narrow road, the front army had already been defeated. Facing this situation, Salihe looked hatefully at the Tai Shi slave in front of him who was already holding a weapon, turned around and rode away.

Tai Shi Nu was stunned. He looked towards the east, then glanced towards the northeast. But seeing the smoke and dust rolling in, he could only turn his horse around and leave in anger.

"First Prize!"

In another incident, Han Shizhong had already defeated the Jin army's foot knights who were caught off guard, but he did not rush to kill them. Instead, he turned directly to the general direction of the previous Jie Yuan and shouted in the smoke and dust. "It's done!"

"I'm here! I see!" Although separated by smoke and dust, Jie Yuan could almost imagine how Han Shizhong, who had been pretending to be so arrogant for most of the day, was now showing off his power. He quickly replied, "Fifth brother, please give the order!"

"Tell the Cui Pian army to get back on their horses! Follow us!"

Through the smoke and dust, Han Shizhong's voice was like thunder and lightning, piercing through everything. "You are close, so I, Han Wu, will take you home today!"

The smoke and dust rolled eastward, and behind the smoke and dust and the bronze face, it took a long time for Jie Yuan to respond.

PS: The character setting is that it is Zhao Jiu’s birthday in March, and there will be an activity in the book review area in the new month... everyone please come and participate!