"Ah Xian."
Zhao Lihe called out softly, and Jin Yichuan, or Ding Xian, behind him immediately withdrew his thoughts.
Beside Ding Xian are his two sworn brothers, Lu Jianxing and Shen Lian. After Zhao Lihe founded the country, the three brothers were recruited by him as his personal guards. They are currently the commanders of his royal guards, and each of them has a hundred elite personal soldiers under his command.
These personal soldiers are all extraordinary people with the talent of Qi training. Although their numbers are small, their combat power is amazing.
The three brothers lived up to everyone's expectations. Ding Xian awakened his telekinesis directly in the self-cultivation furnace and showed great potential in the art of controlling objects. He has now refined his pair of flying swallows into two mandarin duck flying knives, and is known as the number one swordsman in Daxia.
Lu Jianxing was also transformed into an extraordinary person in the self-cultivation furnace, and displayed a Qi energy far beyond that of ordinary people, highlighting a large and thick amount.
Zhao Lihe taught him in accordance with his aptitude, bestowing on him the Taoist "Tian Gang Qi" and the Buddhist "Vajra Indestructible Divine Art", two great body-protecting magical skills, which not only cultivated him internally and externally, but also made him extremely strong and unparalleled, making him the perfect choice for a personal bodyguard.
As for Shen Lian, perhaps because he is the protagonist of the world, his talent for practicing Qi and his comprehension are far superior to his two brothers. Zhao Lihe bestowed on him the protagonist's standard Golden Light Mantra and Five Thunders Method, and also used Gray Mist Coins to replenish his Yuan Yang. He did not disappoint Zhao Lihe's expectations, and made rapid progress in his practice. At present, he has already practiced the Golden Light Mantra and Five Thunders to the minor success level.
Of course, compared with these three brothers, the best performance has to be the Xiu Chun Dao combat ceiling, the monk Ding Xiu who added money.
This fellow did not rely on the self-cultivation furnace, but only practiced the inner alchemy method of the Quanzhen Sect. He started from scratch, but was able to catch up with the three brothers.
But Ding Xiu was a playboy by nature. After the establishment of the Great Xia Dynasty, he felt that everything was done, so he decisively resigned from his post and went out to roam the world. It is said that he is now hooking up with the sea merchants in the South China Sea and seems to have the idea of going out to sea to adventure...
Back to the point, after stopping Ding Xian, Zhao Lihe came to the reserved Han Lanyun and said with a smile: "Don't be reserved, sister-in-law. Yuyang and I are equals. You can just think of me as Yuyang's elder brother!"
Han Lanyun was a little flattered and even said she didn't dare.
Zhao Lihe smiled helplessly, then squatted in front of Wang Chuyi's biological daughter Xiao Zhuer, looked at her sleepy little face that had just been woken up by her mother, and asked with a smile: "Little girl, what's your name?"
"Your Majesty, my name is Wang Miaozhu."
Han Lanyun quickly answered for her daughter.
Wang Miaozhu pouted and said vaguely, "No, my name is Xiao Zhuer!"
Han Lanyun's face turned red, and she whispered awkwardly: "Xiao Zhu'er is your nickname, your full name is Wang Miaozhu."
Zhao Lihe laughed loudly, and immediately picked up Wang Miaozhu as she exclaimed, smiling and praising, "Wang Miaozhu, what a good name! Yuyang is indeed a master of Quanzhen, and his name is so Taoist... Xiaozhu'er, how old are you now?"
Wang Miaozhu blinked, stared at Zhao Lihe's grown beard and replied, "Three and a half years old."
Deng Yougang, who was standing next to him, came over with a smile and said, "Brother Zhao, even though Xiao Zhu'er is only three and a half years old, she can even recite the multiplication table!"
"Oh?" Zhao Lihe raised his eyebrows and asked with interest, "Can you recite the multiplication table?"
Wang Miaozhu came back to his senses from Zhao Lihe's beard, raised his little head, and said proudly: "I know it. Daddy taught me. If you don't believe me, I'll recite it to you. One plus one equals one, one plus two equals two..."
Zhao Lihe and Deng Yougang looked at each other and couldn't help laughing.
She is indeed the prince’s good daughter. She looks like a second-generation fashion designer at such a young age!
Han Lanyun stood by with a smile on her face. Although she had no idea what the two were laughing at, she could keenly sense that her little Zhu'er seemed to have won their favor, making their attitude become more intimate and natural.
Zhao Lihe had a smile on his face. He put Xiao Zhu'er down and said softly, "Shen Lian."
A man suddenly stepped out from among the sword-carrying guards and bowed respectfully: "I am your humble servant."
Zhao Lihe smiled and said, "I didn't bring Lao Pan with me this time, so please remember this - confer the title of Princess Miaozhu of Great Xia upon Wang Miaozhu!"
Shen Lian was slightly surprised, but still bowed respectfully and said, "Yes, Your Majesty!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Han Lanyun's face was full of surprise and she quickly pulled her daughter to thank her.
Wang Miaozhu blinked her eyes and asked in confusion: "Isn't the princess the emperor's daughter? Can I be a princess too?"
Zhao Lihe smiled and explained: "Uncle Zhao is also the emperor. If I say you are a princess, then you are a princess."
Wang Miaozhu was even more surprised: "You are the emperor, then who is that old man in the palace?"
Han Lanyun was shocked when she heard this, and said quickly: "Your Majesty, children's words are not to be underestimated..."
Zhao Lihe smiled and waved his hand: "It's okay, Yuyang's daughter should have this mentality - the emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty can also be considered an emperor? Uncle Zhao will pull him down and let your father sit on it, okay?"
Han Lanyun trembled when she heard the words that sounded like coaxing a child, and she couldn't help but widen her eyes.
She only knew that these "heavenly soldiers and generals" were here to help her husband fight the Northern Expedition, but she had never heard that they were also going to overthrow the Southern Song Dynasty!
Wang Miaozhu's eyes lit up, and he immediately cheered and said, "Great, great! Daddy has been annoyed with that old emperor for a long time!"
Looking at Xiao Zhu'er who was not afraid of the imperial power, Zhao Lihe took out a silver bracelet with a smile, pulled up her little hand and put it on her.
The originally wide silver bracelet emitted a blue light the moment it was put on, and then gradually shrank into a silver bracelet that fit the size of the child's wrist.
Seeing this scene, Han Lanyun and Wang Miaozhu both opened their eyes wide in surprise.
Zhao Lihe smiled and said, "This is a gift from Uncle Zhao. Wear it and no one will be able to hurt you."
Wang Miaozhu nodded as if she understood, and then began to play with the bracelet on her wrist with great interest.
This is the work of Daxia's number one weapon refiner. It has many abilities, such as the ability to make weapons of any size, avoid dust and rain, and provide autonomous protection. Zhao Lihe's two children and the offspring of Daxia's important officials almost all have one. Wang Miaozhu, as a second-generation weapon cultivator who is extremely rare in the alliance, naturally cannot fall behind.
Han Lanyun picked up Wang Miaozhu and taught her to thank Zhao Lihe.
Wang Miaozhu imitated her mother and thanked her obediently.
Zhao Lihe smiled and rubbed her head, then turned to look at the Dingyuan Army at the edge of the training ground.
"Is this the Dingyuan Army that Lao Wang formed?"
"That's right."
Deng Yougang nodded: "Although they seem to be stitched up in all aspects, they should still have some combat effectiveness - do you plan to take them with you?"
Zhao Lihe shook his head: "No need, let them stay in Lin'an and guard Wang Chuyi's throne. For the Northern Expedition, we have the First Armored Division of Daxia, which is enough. There is no need to let them make unnecessary sacrifices."
Deng Yougang nodded, turned to look at Lin'an, and said with a smile: "But before that, let's take Lin'an down first!"
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In the first year of Kaixi in the Southern Song Dynasty, divine soldiers descended from the sky to the training ground northeast of Lin'an City, and the Dingyuan Army took the opportunity to mutiniate.
Since the Jianyan migration to the south, the remaining forces of the three yamen in the capital suffered a devastating blow. After the migration to the south, the three yamen were basically in a state of having yamen but no soldiers.
Therefore, the imperial guards of the Southern Song Dynasty could be said to have been rebuilt from scratch, from less than 30,000 people at the beginning to about 127,000 people in the early years of Longxing. But there was a new problem here. Lin'an City was only a temporary residence for the emperor. It was already exhausted just as the capital of the country. It was really overloaded to feed an imperial guard force of 127,000 people.
So in March of the seventh year of Qiandao, Song Xiaozong ordered the Ma Jun Si, one of the three yamen, to be moved from Lin'an Prefecture to Jiankang Prefecture, and officially changed the name of Ma Jun Si to Ma Jun Xing Si. The people of Song also gave it a nickname called Qi Si.
After the Ma Junsi moved, more than 30,000 troops under its command moved with it.
Today, the Southern Song Dynasty's imperial guards are no different from the local standing army, as they are all troops remotely commanded by the three yamen.
Therefore, the number of imperial guards in Lin'an City was actually not that large. In addition, when Wang Chuyi formed the Dingyuan Army, he recruited many backbones from the imperial guards, which led to the weakening of the combat effectiveness of the Lin'an City Imperial Guards again.
It can be said that the only combat-capable army in the entire Lin'an City is Wang Chuyi's Dingyuan Army.
When the Dingyuan Army mutinied, Lin'an City became a defenseless young girl, without any power to resist.
Even without Daxia's cross-border expeditionary force, the more than 12,000 Dingyuan troops alone could easily capture the entire Lin'an City.
Therefore, when the Song army in Lin'an City saw the sudden rebellion of the Dingyuan Army and the black-painted steel behemoths driving on the streets, the little fighting spirit they had was instantly wiped out.
Zhao Lihe's Daxia First Armored Division didn't even fire a single shot. Just relying on the paint and appearance of the armored vehicles and tanks, as well as the slogan of "Heavenly Soldiers Descending to the Earth" shouted by the accompanying Dingyuan Army, they easily captured the city of Lin'an.
Some ministers in favor of peace even thought that the Jin army had reached Lin'an City, and hurriedly knelt in the street with their wives and children to welcome them. They also expressed their willingness to lead the royal army to capture the imperial palace in the south of Lin'an City and capture Han Tuozhou and Xin Qiji who advocated a northern expedition to fight against the Jin army.
The entire street was filled with wealthy officials, but there was only one idle white-haired old man at home who dared to draw his sword and block the road.
Seeing this ridiculous scene, Yang Tiexin, Guo Xiaotian and other Dingyuan army soldiers felt ashamed and sad.
Lin'an Lin'an, the country is like its capital, and the capital is like its name.
This imperial court, which only wanted to maintain its own existence in a corner, was rotten to the core and needed a sharp sword to help it cut out the rotten flesh.
Following Zhao Lihe's order, the Dingyuan Army took down all these embarrassing things without hesitation and put them into jail.
Two hours later, except for the imperial palace in the south of the city and Han Lanyun's mother's house, the Han Mansion, the entire Lin'an City changed hands and fell into the hands of Zhao Lihe and the Dingyuan Army.
Outside Taifu Han's mansion, looking at the familiar tall mansion and the closed door in front of her, Han Lanyun took a deep breath, took her daughter Wang Miaozhu by the hand, and knocked on the door of Han's mansion under the protection of the personal guard commander Ding Xian and Shen Lian.