Zhao Jiu, the tenth emperor of the Song Dynasty, was a rare king who was praised more than Taizu in history. When he was young, he was cheerful and generous, loved drinking and writing poetry, and was often arrogant and proficient in spears and sticks. When he was young, he imitated Song Taizu and traveled to Hebei. He fought in three prefectures and sixteen military states with a gilded dragon stick and had no rivals. People at that time called him "unparalleled in Hebei spears and sticks, and the best in horse fighting in the world." Because of his face like a crown of jade and his preference for white clothes and white socks, he was called "Jade Kylin", also known as Jade-faced Little White Dragon.

Later, during the Jingkang Incident, the whole country fell into disarray. Zhao Jiu, who lived in the north of the Yellow River, was the first to take charge of the military power and became the Grand Marshal of the Army. He was skilled in horse riding and caring for his soldiers, so many soldiers died for him. At that time, the Central Plains had been peaceful for a long time, and the army had not been trained for a long time. Whenever they encountered the Jin people, many of them fled. Only Zhao Jiu dared to fight. Although he fought again and again after repeated defeats, he forged an iron army from his failures. This was the foundation of the imperial camp that later shocked the world.

Zhao Jiu fought several battles after ascending the throne. The first battle was at Bagong Mountain. He gathered the defeated soldiers and killed the fleeing general Liu Guangshi in order to boost morale. Liu Guangshi was a general of the Western Army for generations and had been skilled in martial arts since childhood. However, Zhao Jiu killed him in a few rounds among his thousands of troops. At that time, Wang De, known as Wang Yasha, could stop children from crying at night. The fierce generals under Liu Guangshi were too late to stop him. The generals were impressed by his bravery and knelt down to ask for forgiveness. No one dared to look up. This battle took place on the Huai River. The Jin army was defeated slightly by both water and infantry. Although they did not gain much, the real significance of this battle was to break the myth that the Jin army was invincible, which injected a shot of adrenaline into the anti-Jin forces in various places at that time.

Later, he led his army to rescue Tokyo, one man and three horses, galloping for hundreds of miles. Zhao Jiu and Yue Fei met here, and the king and his ministers got along well. The enemy general Wanyan Talan was known for his cruelty and bloodthirstiness. Facing the world's top military commander, he had no power to fight back and only escaped. The Jin people were annihilated on a large scale for the first time on the battlefield. The thief general Wanyan Talan saw Zhao Jiu's invincibility on the battlefield, and was discouraged by the battle. He never dared to set foot on the south bank of the Yellow River again for the rest of his life.

Later, when the Jin war god Wanyan Loushi led his army to invade the south, Zhao Jiu joined several armies to fight him at Yaoshan. In this battle, both generals Yue and Han were not there, and this battle fully demonstrated Zhao Jiu's military talent. At that time, Wanyan Loushi first defeated the old commander Wang Yan, and then killed the general Li Shiqi in the battle. He was rampant among the 100,000 troops, and all the generals could not stop him. Zhao Jiu bent his bow and shot the eagle. Three arrows were shot out. One arrow broke the flag, the second arrow killed the horse, and the third arrow hit Wanyan Loushi. From then on, the battle was won. Later generations called it "Three Arrows to Conquer Yaoshan".

Later generations evaluated Zhao Jiu and Yan Taizu as the emperors who were best at fighting, but Yan Taizu was good at military strategy, while Zhao Jiu was good at military situation. Yan Taizu led an army of 100,000 to dominate the world, while Zhao Jiu led thousands of soldiers to defeat the army and kill the generals. Both were top figures in their respective fields. For Zhao Jiu, a children's song goes, "The king is not as good as Xiang, and the general is not as good as Li. Emperor Taizu Zhao Jiu is invincible in the world.