Although Ding Dusai and Li Shishi were talented, they couldn't figure out what Zhang Shixun was up to.
Ding Dusai was full of questions and was about to continue asking when a small figure rushed in from outside.
The person who came was the little princess stringing beads.
As soon as she came in, she begged, "Zhang Tianwang, please save the emperor and the retired emperor. I beg you."
As he said this, he actually knelt down.
Zhang Shixun was so panicked that he bent down to support her, but Chuanzhu refused to get up and sobbed, "If you don't agree, I will kneel and die here."
"Pearls, we can talk it over. As long as I can do it, I will spare no effort."
Ding Dusai also hurried over to persuade: "Princess Chuanzhu, Zhang Xiaozhuang is surrounded by powerful enemies. Even if the master wants to go to the capital, he has no time to spare."
Chuanzhu's tears welled up as she sobbed, "Zhang Tianwang has great magical powers and is all-seeing. As long as he wants to save them, he will definitely be able to rescue my brother the Emperor and the retired emperor."
All-powerful?
This word is not used appropriately.
Zhang Shixun smiled bitterly and shook his head. "Chuanzhu, you think too highly of me. Even if I wanted to rescue the emperor and the retired emperor, I have no soldiers. With only these few people in the manor, it would be useless."
Chuanzhu grabbed his hand and said, "Brother Tianwang, you must have another way to save them, right?"
Zhang Shixun smiled bitterly.
He had the means to save them, but he couldn't.
The Zhao Dynasty is rotten from the root and is beyond salvation.
If it is not eradicated from the root, this nation will suffer endless hardships and countless people will suffer.
For the sake of justice, we must use the Jurchens to completely eradicate this dynasty.
It is easier to write on a blank sheet of paper; there is no other choice.
Zhang Shixun lowered his head and looked at the beads with tears in his eyes, and a feeling of pity arose spontaneously.
"Chuanzhu, I can't promise you anything else, but I can assure you that I will do my best to save the lives of the official and the emperor."
When Chuanzhu heard this, he jumped up and threw himself into Zhang Shixun's arms, hugged his neck and said, "I knew that Zhang Tianwang was a good man."
Zhang Shixun was extremely embarrassed by her and kept saying, "Let go... Chuanzhu, you are a princess, don't forget your identity."
Chuanzhu not only did not let go, but held her even tighter, "I don't want to be a princess anymore... I won't let go, I just won't let go."
"No! Where have all the etiquette you learned in the palace gone? Do you no longer care about the boundaries between men and women?"
Zhang Shixun said this actually for Li Shishi and Ding Dusai to hear.
She's just a little loli. In later times, it wouldn't be a big deal.
But that doesn't work here.
Seeing how miserable he looked, Ding Dusai and Li Shishi not only did not help him, but stood aside and giggled.
Just as the fight was getting out of hand, the door was kicked open and another person rushed in from outside.
As soon as he came in, he yelled, "Shixun, this is bad... Damn it! The butterfly effect has finally appeared."
Zhang Shixun was stunned: "Old Wang, please explain clearly, what is the butterfly effect?"
Chuanzhu quickly let go of her hand and hid behind Li Shishi with a red face.
Wang Dong then noticed that there were other people in the room. He quickly pulled him aside and whispered in his ear, "Kaifeng City has fallen?"
"Ah!" Zhang Shixun was shocked. "No way? We lost so quickly?"
"That's why I said the butterfly effect. Our arrival has finally affected the course of history."
Zhang Shixun glanced at Li Shishi and the other two, and seeing that they were all staring at him, he said, "Let's go to the study and talk."
The two of them came to the study, and Zhang Shixun couldn't wait to ask, "Tell me, what's going on?"
"Do you know Guo Jing?"
"I know. There was an old soldier from the Palace Front Division who was a devout Taoist. He claimed to be proficient in the Taoist Six Jia Method. It was because of him that Kaifeng City was conquered."
As a time traveler, Zhang Shixun is quite familiar with this history.
The History of the Song Dynasty records: On Bingchen, the evil man Guo Jing used the Six Jia method to force all defenders to leave the city. He then opened the Xuanhua Gate and attacked the Jin army, but was defeated. Jing used the excuse of performing a ritual to lead the remaining soldiers away. The Jin soldiers ascended the city and were completely defeated.
Wang Dong shook his head and said, "Guo Jing is indeed a big liar, but the fall of the city was caused by many factors. The weather was freezing, morale was low, the commanders like Wang Zongchu were mediocre, rewards and punishments were unclear, the army was demoralized, and the soldiers were not willing to fight. The main reasons were... When the Jin soldiers reached the top of the city, there were only a dozen or so of them, while the Song army officers and soldiers on the top were so numerous that not only did no one step forward to resist, but they fled in panic."
"ah!"
"This is the butterfly effect. When we traveled to the Song Dynasty, it didn't cause much change at first. You can see that the inertia of history is very powerful. But as time went on, the wheel of history slowly deviated from its original trajectory because of us. Now, it has finally reached a new track... Shixun, from now on, history will not be the same as before. As for how it will become, it depends on how we write it."
"This change is too fast. It caught us off guard." Zhang Shixun has not yet fully recovered from the shock.
"Start making preparations here. Zhao Ji and his son will soon be abducted by the Jurchens. When that happens, it will be time for us to make our plans a reality."
"Wait a minute, let me think it over." Zhang Shixun waved at him and lowered his head to think for a while.
Wang Dong didn't rush him. He sat leisurely on the chair and picked up a book on the desk to read.
After a long while, Zhang Shixun raised his head and said, "Old Wang, I've made up my mind. We should not enter this quagmire of the capital for the time being. We should just let it develop. Our current focus is on Hebei Road and Jingdong East and West Roads... which is the Shandong area in later generations."
Zhang Shixun took a map and pointed at it, saying, "Although the Jurchens have been unstoppable throughout their conquests, their limited military strength means they lack the ability and energy to govern these areas, leaving them in a state of chaos. Therefore, the people there have risen up in rebellion. This is the perfect opportunity for us to seize this opportunity and expand our influence."
"I agree. However, we must also take action in the capital. Let He Ji and Gao Yanei take action as well to win over talents from all sides."
Zhang Shixun nodded and said, "Yue Fei and Han Shizhong are also in the city. I have also asked them to expand their power as much as possible."
As he spoke, he sighed, "The Song Dynasty's existing imperial guards are no longer useful. In order to integrate them, it will take a lot of effort. This cannot be rushed. If we want to eliminate the dross and retain the essence, we must go through the test of war and time."
The two sat in the study and carefully discussed their next course of action until dusk.
The two acted separately, with Wang Dong responsible for intelligence collection and organization as well as logistical preparations.
Zhang Shixun first spoke with Yue Fei and Han Shizhong, analyzed the current situation, and instructed them on their next steps.
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