Biography of the traitorous officials who dominated the Song Dynasty

Chapter 208 The ridiculous 18 Song soldiers
After noon that day, Emperor Huizong led the Zhao royal family to the Dade Hall to burn incense and pray for blessings.

This second battle to defend Bianliang was of extraordinary significance to the Song Dynasty.

This time the Jin army was coming fiercely. If the Song Dynasty could not win this battle, then the absoluteness of the Zhao royal family's power would be in jeopardy.

In the Dade Hall, the spiritual tablets of the ancestors stood in front of the Zhao royal family. Emperor Huizong knelt on the ground and said nothing.

I just thought in my heart: I, the ancestors of the Zhao royal family, are here, and the emperor Zhao Ji has come to burn incense and pray for thousands of soldiers of the Song Dynasty.

I sincerely ask all the heroic spirits of our ancestors in heaven to protect our thousands of soldiers of the Song Dynasty and protect the people of our Song Dynasty from the ravages of war.

Zhao Gou was originally supposed to kneel in front of the Dade Hall, but because he had already risen rapidly in the Zhao royal family, Emperor Huizong specifically ordered him to kneel behind him.

Zhao Gou looked at the back of Emperor Huizong kneeling on the ground, and his heart was filled with ups and downs.

Everyone has thought that there will be a war between Song and Jin in the future.

However, who would have expected that this second war would happen so quickly.

Zhao Ji knelt on the ground for a long time, and then the palace servant brought incense and handed it to him.

He held the burning incense tightly in his hand, frowned deeply, and walked all the way to the tomb of Emperor Zhezong.

He let out a long sigh and thought to himself: If the Song Dynasty had not been governed like this by the eleventh brother, I believe that the battle with the Jin Kingdom would not have been so difficult.

Brother Eleven, I feel guilty. Brother, you are like a mirror in your heart under Jiuquan. You must protect Brother Eleven and I win this battle!
If I, the eleventh brother, can save the soldiers and people of the Song Dynasty from the ravages of war, I will not hesitate to lose ten years of my life. I am willing to do so!
At the end, Zhao Ji put the incense in his hand up.

Afterwards, the rest of the Zhao royal family began to offer incense to their ancestors one after another.

After everything was done, Zhao Ji took a deep breath and said loudly: "Originally, the New Year will be in one month. Whether I can live this New Year well depends on the outcome of the battle."

"In recent years, too many major events have happened between North Korea and China, and it is time to choose a new era name."

Empress Liu stood next to Emperor Huizong and asked: "Guan family, do you have any plans in mind for the new reign name?"

Emperor Huizong put his hands behind his back, faced the bright sunshine outside the hall, slowly closed his eyes, raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and said, "Jingkang."

When everyone in the Zhao royal family heard Emperor Huizong mention the word "Jingkang", they all felt that the new title was a good one. They thought that the meaning of "Jingkang" also has a long history.

Now, there is only one month left until the New Year, which is the first year of Jingkang.

This time the Jin soldiers went south. Among the 14 soldiers and horses jointly led by Jin Kingdom Wei Wang Yibu and Jin Kingdom Liang Wang Jin Wushu, among them, the Jurchens actually accounted for only 4 to [-] people.

All the others are Khitans, Hans, and Bohai people.

The Han people included include those within the original territory of the Liao Kingdom, as well as those from Hebei and Shandong.

Since the fall of the Liao Kingdom, the Han people within the original territory of the Liao Kingdom have wanted to defect to their psychological motherland - the Song Dynasty several times.

At first, the Song Dynasty actually did relatively well. Now if these Han people want to migrate to the Song Dynasty, the Song Dynasty court will welcome them with open hands.

However, once the Jin State sent envoys to accuse the Song Dynasty, the Song Dynasty sent all the Han people who had been accepted by the Liao Kingdom back to their original places.

In this way, over and over again, back and forth, topsy-turvy, it turns out that all the Han people within the territory of the Liao Kingdom hated the Song Dynasty.

During the first Bianliang Defense War not long ago, many troops within the Jin Army were actually composed of these Han people.

Now that the Second World War broke out, these Han people were unambiguous and without hesitation, they directly participated in this mighty Jin Army.Speaking of which, it is really funny and ridiculous.

The 18 Song Dynasty soldiers stationed on the natural dangers of the Yellow River actually allowed the Jin army to cross the Yellow River calmly without wasting any effort. Not even a single soldier was killed.

It is truly like a deserted place.

You know, the 18 soldiers of the Song Dynasty stationed on the natural dangers of the Yellow River are all the elite divisions of the Song Dynasty.

Why is this?

It turned out that it rained strangely that day, and dark clouds piled up in layers in the sky.

There is not a trace of light between the sky and the earth. The sun should have risen at Yinpai time, but because of the unfavorable weather, even after the sunrise, it still seems like night.

Seeing that the Jin army was still unsuccessful, they came up with an ingenious idea and wanted to scare the Song army on the other side of the Yellow River by beating war drums.

It would be too tiring to use soldiers to beat the war drums, so the Jin people thought of simply tying sheep to the war drums and letting the sheep beat the war drums.

This alone is enough to show that the Jin army did not take the Song generals seriously at all.

In this way, the Jin army began to beat the war drums from the Yinpai time that night, and continued to beat the war drums until the Sipai time the next day.

As soon as the heavy rain stopped and the dark clouds in the sky cleared, the Jin army began to prepare to cross the Yellow River.

However, when everyone was halfway there, they found that no one of the Song army on the other side was left, and they all fled without a trace.

Only a few battle flags stood on the spot, lonely and lonely, fluttering in the wind.

Not seeing this, Oli looked up to the sky and smiled, saying: "There really is no one in the Southern Dynasty! If there were only 800 or [-] people guarding the Yellow River, how could we come here so leisurely?"

The Jin army loaded more than 100 small boats with soldiers, and it took them six days and six nights to cross the Yellow River, just like traveling on vacation.

This incident caused a powerful and huge blow to the interior of the Great Song Dynasty Hall. It was clear that the first Bianliang defense battle was just around the corner, as if it had just happened yesterday.

As a result, the generals of the Song Dynasty were so helpless, which made everyone in the Song Dynasty very sad.

And among the 18 deserters, they could no longer be found.

I don't even know where they went.

In fact, it is probably conceivable that if they dare to show up in the Song Dynasty, the Song Dynasty court will definitely not let them go.

In this way, they thought that they might as well not show up and never return to the Song Dynasty forever.

But they also didn't want to think about it. Although the Jin Army was terrifying, the Song Dynasty had just fought to the death with the Jin Army not long ago.

Although the Song Dynasty suffered heavy losses in the end, the Jin army was not much better!

In this way, they allowed the Jin army to cross the Yellow River.

It is said that once the Jin Army crossed the Yellow River, the Song Dynasty lost the important barrier of the Yellow River's natural barrier. From then on, the Jin Army was still in a no-man's land!
Emperor Huizong's heart was simply broken. At the same time, a huge sense of horror descended from his head like a violent storm, deeply irrigating his soul.

(End of this chapter)