The time has come to deal with the Jin Dynasty.
Chen Tang of the Han Dynasty once said: Anyone who openly offends the mighty Han will be punished, even though he is far away!
The Jurchens have done too much harm to this country and must pay the price.
To this end, Zhang Shixun convened a military meeting and recalled Yue Fei and Han Shizhong who were fighting outside to the capital.
The meeting lasted for several days, and it was decided that Zhang Shixun would serve as the commander-in-chief and personally lead the army to attack the Jin Dynasty.
On the day of the expedition, the streets were deserted and the people sincerely welcomed the army.
An army of one hundred thousand marched towards the Jin Kingdom in a mighty force.
With "modern" weapons and equipment, the Song army was unstoppable along the way, and first captured Yanjing. The Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun were recovered after being lost for more than a hundred years.
The whole country was jubilant.
Zhang Shixun led his troops into the heartland of the Jin Dynasty with full force.
The Jin army fought hard, but was defeated by the well-equipped Song army and retreated all the way.
In just one month, more than 100,000 Song troops attacked Huining Prefecture, the capital of Jin, and surrounded it.
By this time, the Jin army had few remaining troops, but they still fought stubbornly and refused to surrender.
Zhang Shixun looked at the city wall, gritted his teeth and said, "Bomb it! Destroy it completely!"
Ten thousand cannons fired at once!
An hour later, Huining Prefecture was completely razed to the ground.
The once-mighty Jin Dynasty disappeared just like that.
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Three years later, Zhang Shixun and Wang Dong were sitting in the courtyard of the imperial palace, drinking tea and chatting.
Wang Dong took a sip of tea and asked, "Shixun, we destroyed the Jin Dynasty, pacified the Western Xia, and incorporated Tubo and Dali into our territories. You became emperor, and Li Shishi and Ding Dusai became your empresses. Now that the country is peaceful and prosperous, do you have any wishes?"
Zhang Shixun glanced at him and said, "I've said before that I don't want to be emperor. You forced me to do it. So, how about we take turns being emperor, every five years? What do you think?"
Wang Dong chuckled and shook his head, saying, "Forget it. I'm not cut out to be an emperor. Besides, how can you take turns being emperor?"
Zhang Shixun opened his mouth and was about to say something when he suddenly thought of a question and said, "Old Wang, can you tell me your origins now?"
Wang Dong was startled, then smiled and said, "Now I can tell you, my last name is not Wang, but Zhang. I am your tenth-generation grandson."
"ah!"
Zhang Shixun was stunned for a moment.
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