"Kill the traitors!"
"Kill the thief!"
"kill!"
…
Following the shouts and calls for killing were not only the soldiers of the National Protection Army, but also many civilians on the street.
Led by Zhang Shixun, the team moved towards the imperial palace like a torrent.
More and more people along the way joined in, like a snowball.
The Song Dynasty court was weak and incompetent, and its officials assisted the tyrant in his atrocities. The people and lower-level soldiers had long been unable to tolerate it.
Just like a pile of dry straw, it immediately bursts into flames when a fire is lit.
The angry team soon arrived in front of the Xuande Tower, only to see that the palace gate was closed and dozens of people were standing on the top floor. The person in the middle was Zhang Bangchang.
Zhang Shixun rode up to the Xuande Building and shouted, "Zhang Bangchang, do you want to resist? Open the door!"
Zhang Bangchang bowed his hands and said, "Master Zhang, what I did was not my own will, but I had no choice. If I don't obey the orders of the Jin people, they will massacre the city, so..."
Zhang Shixun certainly knew the whole story, but he was not going to give Zhang Bangchang a chance to explain himself.
A traitor is a traitor.
"Zhang Bangchang, I don't want to hear your explanation. Open the door!"
"I……"
"Someone, blow up the door for me."
"Yes, sir!"
Yue Fan rushed out, carrying a bag of explosives and ran towards the gate of Xuan De Tower.
Zhang Bangchang was horrified and shouted, "Don't blow it up! Don't blow it up! I'll have someone open the door right away."
Then the city gate opened.
The soldiers of the National Protection Army and the people cheered loudly.
Zhang Bangchang was arrested, along with Wang Shiyong and other pseudo-Chu ministers.
"Lao Wang, the people have been arrested. What should we do with them? Give me some advice."
"Leave this matter to me and Lao He. You don't have to worry about it. Hurry and integrate the teams in the city."
Zhang Shixun readily agreed.
He didn't want to deal with this kind of shit.
Four thousand soldiers of the National Protection Army were sent out to maintain order in the city.
Yue Fei and Han Shizhong arrived.
During the siege by the Jin soldiers, they were almost suffocated to death in the city.
They wanted to kill the Jin bandits to serve their country, but they did not have many soldiers, and the surrender factions in the court strictly ordered them not to fight. For this reason, they even killed several soldiers who took the initiative to attack the Jin soldiers.
They were powerless and could only watch the Jin soldiers run rampant.
When they saw Zhang Shixun, they were delighted, but there was a hint of guilt on their faces.
"You two, with treacherous officials in power, even if you have great abilities, you are powerless. But now, starting today, it is your turn to realize your ambitions."
Zhang Shixun didn't waste any time and explained the current situation and his plans.
Han Shizhong rubbed his hands and asked, "Military Commander, what should we do next?"
This was also what Yue Fei wanted to ask. He stared at Zhang Shixun with wide eyes, waiting for his answer.
Zhang Shixun sighed and said, "Although our Great Song has a population of billions, it is currently a loose group. The most urgent task is to unite this group of scattered people, and then we can consider other things."
Han Shizhong became anxious when he heard this. "Military commander, the emperor and the retired emperor have been captured by the Jin soldiers. Isn't it urgent to get them back?"
"Get it back?" Zhang Shixun looked him straight in the eye and asked, "Tell me, how can we get it back?"
Han Shizhong's expression froze.
Yue Fei said from the side: "General, even if we are short of troops, we cannot just watch the Jin soldiers leave calmly. Give me 5,000 men and I will go after them."
Han Shizhong became anxious when he heard this and rushed to say, "Give me 5,000 men too. Even if we can't defeat the Jin army, we must at least take a piece of the pie."
Zhang Shixun looked at the two men eager to fight and sighed, "To be honest, I have less than 10,000 men under my command and less than 5,000 cavalry."
Han Shizhong and the other man looked at each other.
"Nephew, don't try to fool me. How did you defeat the Jin soldiers with less than 10,000 men? I heard that Jiemu led tens of thousands of men to besiege Gao Village. Could it be that you really borrowed the help of heavenly soldiers?"
"Those are just rumors. I relied on these thousands of people to achieve victory."
"I don't believe it."
"I'm telling the truth, believe it or not."
"That……"
Zhang Shixun waved his hand, "Uncle, don't ask anymore. I called you two here because I have a mission for you two."
As he spoke, he took out a map, spread it on the table, and said, "The Jin army will retreat in two directions. You two can take a look..."
Han Shizhong and the other man came over and stared at the map.
"I'll give you two thousand cavalry each. Split into two groups and pursue the Jin army... Note that I'm asking you to pursue, not to confront them head-on. Currently, we don't have the strength to confront the Jin army head-on. The purpose of the pursuit is to harass and delay them, while also training our troops. Also, I have a more important mission for you."
"What mission?"
"Gather the scattered Song army and local rebel forces along the way to strengthen our team."
Han Shizhong laughed and said, "This isn't too difficult. Right now, wars are raging everywhere, and there are countless rebel armies everywhere. It's very easy to expand our forces."
Yue Fei's considerations differed from Han Shizhong's. He asked, "General, the Jin army is divided into three groups. I wonder which group the emperor and the retired emperor are in?"
Zhang Shixun understood what he was thinking as soon as he heard it.
Yue Fei wanted to rescue the emperor and the retired emperor.
"As far as I know, the emperor and the emperor are not together, but are being escorted separately."
With the real-time monitoring of the Sky Eye, Zhang Shixun certainly knew the specific situation of Zhao Huan and Zhao Ji, but he did not intend to tell Yue Fei.
The Zhao Song Dynasty was doomed.
Zhang Shixun and Wang Dong don't want it to revive, they have other plans.
The purpose of sending Yue Fei and Han Shizhong out was not to let them rescue the emperor.
"Pengju, don't worry about rescuing the emperor. I will lead the people there myself."
When Yue Fei heard this, his eyes lit up. "Is this true, Lord?"
"Um!"
When Yue Fei heard this, he felt relieved.
It would be best if Zhang Tianwang did it himself. If anyone else did it, it would be extremely difficult.
On that day, Yue Fei and Han Shizhong led their troops to pursue the Jin army.
…
Jinqian Lane, in Zhang Shixun’s house.
"Wang Dong, you killed Zhao Gou? When did it happen?"
Zhang Shixun's face was full of surprise, and he looked at Wang Dong in shock.
"It wasn't murder. He brought it upon himself. He died of a stroke in his bed."
"Right now. Wind?"
"This guy is just like his father, a pervert and a pervert. Countless girls have died at his hands."
"This..." Zhang Shixun looked at him puzzledly. "Zhao Gou wasn't that old. Besides, in history, this old man lived to be over 80 years old. How could he die suddenly?"
"There's nothing incomprehensible about it. The two of us traveling through the Song Dynasty brought about a butterfly effect. Perhaps, perhaps, it's the result of the butterfly effect."
Zhang Shixun was well aware of Wang Dong's sophistry.
There is no need to ask anything. Zhao Gou's death was definitely Wang Dong's masterpiece.
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