my wonderful zoo

Chapter 200
Daming Mansion, Zhao Gou's study.

"Officials, the prince has entered the city." Wang Boyan reported in a low voice to Zhao Gou.

"Finally here..." Zhao Gou put down the brush in his hand with a very conflicted expression.

"This thief Chen is really nothing." Huang Qianshan cursed, wondering if he could make Zhao Gou feel better through this.

"What Huang Shilang said is wrong. For us, Chen Thief did not support Prince Chen in Kaifeng, but sent them here, which saved us a lot of trouble." Zongze retorted, and during this period of time together, What he couldn't stand the most was that Wang and Huang didn't distinguish between right and wrong, and only blindly flattered the officials.

Zhao Gou looked at Zong Ze with a little displeasure on his face. Although he knew in his heart that Zong Ze was right, he felt unhappy that he was speaking on Chen Zei's side.

In Zhao Gou's view, since Chen Thief is a rebel, he should be more thorough and kill all the princes and grandsons of Kaifeng.

"The queen also came back with a horse?" Zhao Gou asked.

"I'm back, officials, are you going to greet me?" Wang Boyan asked.

This question made Zhao Gou even more conflicted.

Queen Xing Bingyi, a native of Kaifeng, Henan, was born into an ordinary official family. Her father, Xing Yu, was only a seventh-rank official in the Northern Song Dynasty, and his family was not wealthy.

When Xing Bingyi grew older, she had a clear-water lotus appearance, which made her a famous beauty at that time.

By chance, Zhao Gou met Xing Bingyi, who had a beautiful appearance, and was deeply attracted by her temperament and appearance.

After learning about Xing Bingyi's family background, Zhao Gou paid a large sum of money to marry Xing Bingyi and named her Mrs. Jiaguo.

The married life of the two is very harmonious, and they are considered a good match, a rare loving couple among the royal family.

Before the Jin people invaded Kaifeng, Zhao Gou loved this young, beautiful, gentle and virtuous concubine very much.When escaping from Kaifeng, he walked in a hurry and fled directly without entering the city, causing Xing Bingyi to get trapped in the city.

Up to now, after such a long time, Zhao Gou still has deep feelings for her, otherwise he would not be able to call her queen.

However, after this incident, Zhao Gou felt a little knotty in his heart.

Kaifeng was first occupied by the Jin people, and then by the Chen thieves. Who knows how many things happened in between?
"Guan Jia, the queen was pregnant last year and is about to give birth now. It's time to prepare early." Zongze reminded.

This is to remind Zhao Gou that your wife was pregnant with your child before the incident happened. After so many things happened, the child was still saved, so no matter what happened during this period, there is no need to care.

"You are right. Everyone, please follow me to the palace gate to greet the queen." Zhao Gou did not say anything about welcoming the prince. It seemed that he did not intend to recognize the crown prince named by the former official.

After arriving at the palace gate and waiting for a while, Zhao Chen and his party came over in an ox cart. Behind the ox cart were a large number of eunuchs, maids and officials.

...

Sun Fu walked beside Zhao Chen's bullock cart and looked at the civil servants in front of the palace gate. Looking at their official uniforms, he knew that all the pit seats were occupied.

If a group of people like my own comes here and wants to get ahead, they must first drive out the civil servants in their positions.

This is too difficult, we have to find another way.

"I have met the official." Sun Fu greeted in his heart. He did not call Zhao Gou "Kang Wang" outright, but chose to compromise first.

According to legal principles, when the emperor dies, the prince succeeds to the throne.

When Zhao Huan was still alive, he had clearly established Zhao Chen as the crown prince, so Zhao Chen had the sole right to inherit the Song Dynasty.

As for Zhao Gou, he was now proclaimed emperor by his subordinates. Strictly speaking, he usurped the throne of his nephew Zhao Chen.Sun Fu could have called him King Kang and argued with him about the legitimacy of the inheritance, but he was not a courageous person to begin with, and he knew even more clearly that Daming Mansion was now Zhao Gou's territory, so it was decided in an instant general development strategy.

First try to save your life, and then wait for an opportunity to play Zhao Chen's card.

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On May 22, Chen Xun officially led the Xuzhou Group Army to begin its eastward march.

The entire eastward route revolves around the Yellow River. Even when the army marches, it is divided into two halves and marches on the north and south banks of the Yellow River.

Most of the supplies were carried on boats and followed the army.

Coming out of Dongshui Gate, the army advanced along the fork of the Yellow River. Chen Xun led the two troops and horses on the south side of the river, and Gan Ping (promoted to the commander of the Sixth Army of the Army, with the rank of major general) led the two troops and horses on the north side of the river.

The fork of the Yellow River occupies the course of the Bianhe River. The first city encountered along the river is Chenliu. This city has already been occupied by Sun Zheng's Kaifeng Group Army, and the Xuzhou Group Army continued to move forward without stopping.

The same goes for Yongqiu in front, which is also bypassed.

Since there was no supply and baggage, the soldiers of the group army marched forty to fifty miles every day. Near noon on May 24, they arrived at Xiangyi, which is still occupied by the Song Army.

At the same time, Gan Ping's army on the north bank also marched to Kaocheng, which was also occupied by the Song army.

"When the Jin army was wreaking havoc before, we didn't see any resistance from them. Now that we are here, we have become a 'chaste and martyr woman'." Chen Zhuang looked at the defenders on the wall of Xiangyi City and murmured in a low voice.

"Perhaps you think we are not as cruel as the Jin people." Chen Xun replied and began to arrange an siege.

Instead of using their superior numbers to directly attack the city, they had people unload five artillery pieces from the ship.

After the soldiers had lunch, all preparations for the siege were just completed.

Four towers were set up a hundred steps away from the city wall. The towers were six feet higher than the city wall and were filled with musketeers.

Behind the gap between the towers are five cannons, with their muzzles facing the city gate.

boom!With the roar of artillery, the siege officially began. The cannonballs hit the city gate tower, immediately causing a small-scale collapse.

After five rounds of bombardment, the city gate tower was completely collapsed, and the city gate was also blasted. From the hole, you could see that the Song army inside was blocking the door with earth bags.

"Rush the car!" The two rush cars lined up one after another and headed towards the city gate.

The musketeers on the tower started shooting, condescendingly clearing the defenders on the front wall.

The improved Guangzhou-made flintlock gun can kill unarmored targets at a distance of 120 steps. Now the enemy and we are a hundred steps apart. Some Song Army officers wearing light armor cannot bear it. As long as they are shot, they will immediately Will be injured and fall to the ground.

Under the cover of artillery and muskets, the rushing vehicle arrived safely at the city gate. At this time, there were no living Song troops on the city gate.

Demolition soldiers in heavy armor buried explosives under the city gate and lit the fuse.

Boom, the city gate is open!

The charging chariot continued to advance and entered the city. As expected, there were Song troops waiting inside the city gate, and arrows and crossbow bolts were immediately fired at them intensively.

The Chen Jiajun soldiers were hiding in the rush car. Boom, boom, boom!The arrows hit the armor of the ram, to no avail.

(End of this chapter)