Without saying anything else, let’s just talk about the famous Golden Man Iron Pagoda.

The Jin people's Iron Pagoda, not to mention the people, even the horses are fully armored. The equipment is so good that the Song army can't cut into it even if they just stand there, let alone charge! If they really charge, they will be invincible and unstoppable! No matter how hard you train your strength, how strong your body is, and how brave you are, it's useless.

This is why tens of thousands of Jurchens were able to run rampant in the Central Plains and be invincible!

This is why the millions of strong armies of the Song Dynasty were defeated and scattered like pieces of thin paper at the first blow of the Jurchens.

It’s not that the generals of the Song Dynasty didn’t fight hard or work hard, it’s just that the gap in strength between the enemy and us was too big.

So the question is, why did the Song Dynasty's account books show a million troops, but in reality there were only 100,000?

Why were the armies of the wealthy Song Dynasty so shabby, while the Jurchens of the Black Mountains and White Waters were able to wear full armor?

In fact, the reason is very simple. It is because of the corruption of the Song Dynasty officials. All the things that the Song Dynasty army should have were embezzled!

The bureaucrats of the Song Dynasty are the worst in the world!

On the surface, they claimed to have a million-strong army, but in reality, the military pay of a million-strong army was taken by you, he took a little, I deducted a little, and then they had to pay a little to the superiors, and finally these soldiers would only get this little. If it weren't for the reform of Wang Xianggong during the reign of Emperor Shenzong, the Song Dynasty during the Jingkang period would probably have lost even these 100,000 combat-capable soldiers.

On the surface, the Song Dynasty court was rich, but what actually managed the military of the Song Dynasty? Take the horse administration for example. When the Song Dynasty was founded, Chai Rong and Chai Guan left 210,000 official horses for the emperor of the Zhao family!

But after nearly a hundred years of careful breeding by the Zhao family, by the time Prime Minister Wang Anshi carried out reforms, only 30,000 of them were left!

As for where the previous 180,000 went?

Either it was smuggled to the enemy country, or the land of the horse farm was occupied by the powerful.

But even so, Prime Minister Wang Anshi, who had always dared to offend people, did not dare to dismiss those corrupt officials who raised horses. Who made these officials in the Song Dynasty form a network?

As a result, the great Song Dynasty in Tianshui was defeated by the Jurchens, who only had a few hundred thousand people in the Baishan and Heishui areas, and they surrendered and ceded land. In the final analysis, the roots of the Song Dynasty were rotten, and rotten to the core!

But why was it that the Song Dynasty, with such a bunch of corrupt bureaucrats and shameless literati, was still able to stop the Jin army from marching southward, allowing the Song Dynasty to survive in a corner and continue its national prosperity?

The reason is still simple.

Because the soldiers of the Song Dynasty were the bravest, most loyal and most outstanding soldiers of that era.

They received the meager salary, used the most crude weapons, rode the weakest horses, had no food to eat, no warm clothes to wear, and lived a humble life like beggars. But they were still loyal to their country and still fulfilled their responsibility to defend their country with their lives.

Yue Fei had seen this scene more than once. In the cold winter, with snowflakes falling, the beggar-like Song army generals, wearing thin summer clothes and shivering with cold, still held simple weapons and confronted the fully armed Jin iron pagoda head-on!

Then, at the cost of his own life and by turning his body into pulp, he slowed down the conqueror's advance southward.

This is the most ridiculous thing in the world. Few of the guys who are eating greasy food in the Song Dynasty court are loyal to their country. Instead, the poor and humble civilians and soldiers of the Song Dynasty are enduring the exploitation of corrupt officials, enduring the bitter cold of winter, using the most rudimentary weapons and their humble lives to serve their country!

Thinking of those humble figures, those fearless people, and those soldiers who fought desperately for their country even though they were scolded as "thieves and traitors" by those literati masters, Yue Fei wanted to ask them a question.

So, is it really worth it?

Fight for those corrupt officials?

Fight for the arrogant and licentious emperor of the Zhao family?

Is it really worth fighting for those parasites who can only escape in a desperate situation?

Yue Fei was confused and sad at that time because of this.

He was confused because the emperor of the Zhao family and the corrupt officials of the Zhao family were not worthy of loyalty!

But influenced by those martyrs, he felt that he should be loyal to his country now.

He was sad because of the sacrifices made by the martyrs of the Song Dynasty. What were they all for?

What on earth did they save with their lives?

The Emperor Zhao in Tokyo City is not worthy of your sacrifice at all!

In addition, he still had an old mother to take care of, so after experiencing the defeat of the Taiping Army, Yue Fei did not want to join the army again. At that time, he just wanted to dig food in the fields and be a peaceful citizen. He did not want to care about the general situation of the world and the change of dynasties, and he felt that he could not care about it.

After all, he had already experienced a great defeat in the Pingding Army. At that time, he was naturally not a general of the Song Dynasty, but essentially just a commoner. Since he did not eat the imperial food of the Song Dynasty, the rise and fall of the Song Dynasty, the fortune and misfortune of the Zhao family emperor, had nothing to do with him.

The so-called great principle of loyalty and serving the country naturally has no effect on a commoner like him.

But some people don't think so.

When Yue Fei's old mother learned of Yue Fei's idea, she was not happy because her son wanted to support her wholeheartedly. Instead, she advised him earnestly:

"Son, I am not like you. You are a well-educated person who understands the world, unlike me who is an illiterate old woman. But because you are well-educated, there are some truths that you cannot understand. Although I am not well-educated, there are some truths that I can understand. I have been thinking about it these days and I think the saying "serve the country with loyalty" makes sense. Especially the two words "loyalty" and "country", the more I think about it, the more I feel it has meaning."

"Loyalty is good, of course. But who should we be loyal to? Of course not to Emperor Zhao. Son, don't think that just because you've read books, all the uneducated people in this world are fools. In fact, these people are as smart as monkeys! Otherwise, we wouldn't have been able to live under the hands of those corrupt officials for so long!"

"In fact, the common people know everything. They know that Emperor Zhao is a worthless person, and they also know that the Song Dynasty is rotten as mud. But they still want to be loyal to their country. Why? Because they have never been loyal to Emperor Zhao or the Song Dynasty. The country they are loyal to is their own country! It is the common people's home country and their elders and brothers."

"In fact, the common people have a scale in their hearts. They know who is good to them. They also know who is cruel to them. Emperor Zhao is indeed a piece of shit, but these Jurchens are even worse. That's why they will fight for Emperor Zhao."

"So when they are loyal to their country, they are not loyal to the emperors of the Zhao and Li families, nor to the Han, Tang, and Song dynasties. They are loyal to the country. The world has never belonged to anyone, nor has it been anyone's country. No matter how many emperors and courts have changed, no matter how many dynasties and generations have changed, in fact, the world has always been the world of us ordinary people, and the country has always been the country of the ordinary people."

"When you are loyal to your country, your loyalty should be to all people in the world, and your gratitude should be to the common people."

……

"My dear husband! You have really been fooled by your mother. Now that the Jin army is heading south, all the powerful people are fleeing south with their bedding rolled up. These officials don't serve their country, but you, Yue Fei, a commoner, go to serve your country. Isn't this a joke?"

The person who said this was Yue Fei's first wife, Liu, the mother of his two sons, Yue Yun and Yue Lei.

Unlike his second wife Li Wa, who was famous all over the world, Liu was essentially just an ordinary peasant woman. She didn't understand the righteousness of the country and the family. In her heart, living a down-to-earth life was the real thing. She didn't care about the Jin Dynasty or the Song Dynasty, or the change of dynasties.

So when she learned that Yue Fei was preparing to join the army to serve his country again, she couldn't help but be a little nagging.

Despite his wife's request to stay, Yue Fei still embarked on the journey. At that time, Yue Fei felt that he understood the truth, and he felt that the Zhao Song Dynasty was better than the Jurchens, so he became a general of the Song Dynasty again and fought for this court all his life.

But it was not until today that he realized that he did not fully understand what his mother had said.

Thinking of this, Yue Fei couldn't help but look to the west, where his motherland was and the people he had fought for all his life. In this era, they were still dormant. But Yue Fei knew that as long as the wind and clouds came together, they would rise up one day, turn into a dragon, and shock the world.

Looking in that direction, looking at the place he had fought for all his life, Yue Fei was filled with nostalgia. Then he looked at Goetia in the distance, at the existence of the beast of original sin. When he thought that if the beast of original sin succeeded, everything he and his soldiers had fought to protect would turn to ashes, Yue Fei's heart was already filled with determination.

Chapter 217 Sacrifice

At this time, Yue Fei changed his master. Although his ability value decreased, his aura was improved to an unprecedented level. He was seen holding a gun in one hand and a sword in the other. He ignored the difficult Paimon in front of him and went straight to the direction of Goetia.

Seeing this, Goetia secretly said he was looking for death! He immediately summoned Baal to his front, and together with Paimon, they combined the power of the two great demon pillars to kill Yue Fei, the Lancer!

Looking at the two mighty demons in front of him, Yue Fei suddenly felt as if he had returned to the battlefield. In that cruel war, he made the cruelest decision. In order to defeat the invincible Iron Pagoda of the Jurchens, he chose to use the lives of his soldiers to stop the Iron Pagoda's steps.

"General Yue, do you think that if we defeat the Iron Pagoda in this battle, we can recover the country and attack Huanglong?"

Looking at the expectant eyes of the soldiers in front of him, although he was still worried about the unreliable emperor in the rear, Yue Fei still answered them confidently:

"nature!"

"Very good!"

When they got this answer, the soldiers who were about to risk their lives to stop the Iron Pagoda cheered one by one.

But unfortunately, although they buried the Iron Pagoda with their lives, their ideals were never realized.

After all, it was the Song Dynasty court that let down these loyal soldiers!

Those loyal Song soldiers, you used your lives to serve the country. Now it is your leader's turn to defeat the powerful enemy with my own flesh and blood!

Standing in front of Yue Fei at this moment was Baal, known as the first demon pillar. She held a long sword in her hand, wielding thunder, as if she wanted to cut Yue Fei in two.

"This moment is eternity!"

Feeling the majestic magic power of Bal, the sword of Zhanlu in Yue Fei's hand became deeper and deeper, and he also recited the sword tactics of Shenzhou:

"The God has forty-nine transformations, the Sword Master has seventy-two openings, the thirty-three heavens are created, and the sixty-four yin and yang are achieved..."

Yue Fei knew that with only three heroes on his side, they were in an extremely unfavorable situation. Simply defending and dodging would not be able to reverse the situation, so he prepared to go all out and use the full power of Zhanlu to inflict heavy damage on Goetia.

Meanwhile, Baal on the opposite side raised his sword high and chanted under the sea of thunder and lightning:

"Thunder from the west, fire from the south, water from the north, and earth from the east. I am the master who rules over the four directions, and I control all living things with my divine body!"

In the four directions and four symbols, only God is supreme, long swords clash, and Baal glares.

"Nowhere, no where, no where to rely on, no where to hold on..."

The magic power around Yue Fei also gathered in the Zhanlu in his hand, and the sharp aura continued to spread, leaving one scar after another on the ground, making the already dilapidated Matou House even more dilapidated. At this moment, the Zhanlu in his hand had already exerted the power comparable to that of an EX-level treasure.

"This body is the most noble and precious body in the world!"

Feeling the power of Zhanlu, thousands of thunders continued to strike from the sky, turning the surrounding space and time into a thunder purgatory.

"The heart of the soul returns to the void, the heart of the sword hides in Kunlun, the heaven and earth share the same lifespan..."

Yue Fei chanted the sword formula, feeling the indomitable momentum of the Zhanlu in his hand, but his heart was as calm as water, without the slightest ripple.

"In response to the great power of the world, I allow all living beings to have a dream. This is the power of thunder."

Hearing this, Yue Fei raised his sword high, and the sharp sword energy broke through the sky and cut off the thunder.

"This sword represents the wrath of all living beings!"

"This moment is eternity!"

In an instant, the sword light and the lightning light merged together.

There was silence between heaven and earth at first, and then a scorching light rushed out from the point where the two collided, annihilating everything around it into nothingness.

When the light faded, it was seen that the body of Baal, the strongest demon pillar, had been cut in half by Zhanlu and gradually disappeared. As a price, Yue Fei himself was hit by Paimon beside him, and his body gradually turned into magic power and disappeared.

"Hehe, that's ridiculous!"

Looking at Yue Fei who died together with Baal, Goetia vaguely recalled King Solomon who sacrificed himself, and laughed softly with confusion and contempt:

"Is this the so-called hero who is loyal to his country? Don't you know that your selfless behavior is meaningless? The king you are loyal to does not care about your loyalty at all, and the people you protect do not care about your achievements. Your struggle and sacrifice are meaningless to the progress of history. Even if it is praised by future generations, it is just a banner and tool in the hands of those with ulterior motives. So-called heroes have always been such stupid and ridiculous things!"

Stupid, ridiculous?

Hearing Goetia's ridicule, Yue Fei's broken body let out an angry roar:

"Nonsense, serving the country with loyalty and sacrificing for the people is never stupid or ridiculous."

Gathering the last of his magic power, Yue Fei swung the Zhanlu sword in his hand fiercely, and roared in his heart:

"How could they be stupid?!"

Marshal Yue, we must rebuild the country and create a peaceful and prosperous era!

These were the last words of an officer who used his body to block the Iron Pagoda.

"How could they be ridiculous!"

Marshal Yue, I want to go home. My hometown has been occupied by the enemy and all my fellow villagers are dead.

This was the first sentence a young soldier who had just joined the army said to himself, and it was also the last sentence of his life.

"They are so dazzling!"

My little kid, I'll leave everything to you from now on. We old folks should handle life-threatening tasks.

An old imperial guard who was nearly eighty years old, had never fought in a war or received training in his life. He was more like a worker than a soldier. But in the end, he held up the flag of the Song Dynasty and died like a soldier.

"They are so innocent!"

General Yue, I have stopped the Iron Pagoda!

A young soldier wearing simple armor used a simple trap to trap an armored iron pagoda, and then his head was smashed by an iron whip by the Jin soldiers.

"In fact, they are the real heroes!"

Serve the country with loyalty, return our land to us, restore the Central Plains, attack Huanglong directly, and create a peaceful world again!

On the parade ground, everyone was shouting generous slogans.

They knew clearly that this was a life-threatening journey, and they knew clearly that victory in this battle would require the lives of countless people, but they still risked their lives to follow Yue Fei and march northward!

"No one has the right to insult their ideals, their beliefs, and their actions!"

Along with the roar, Zhanlu's sword edge burst into a black edge and flew towards Goetia like lightning.

Seeing this, Goetia suddenly realized!

It turned out that in the collision with Baal just now, Yue Fei seemed to have died together with Paimon's pincer attack, but in fact he took the opportunity to gather the remaining magic power into the Zhanlu Sword.

Yue Fei knew from the beginning that simply defeating a certain demon pillar was meaningless, and his target from the beginning was Goetia. So he adopted the same strategy as the Yue Family Army's battle against the Iron Pagoda in the past, that is, to use his own sacrifice in exchange for the opponent's flaws, so as to seize the opportunity to defeat the opponent.

And now, the opportunity has come!

When Goetia taunted Yue Fei, he was already locked onto Yue Fei. As Yue Fei gathered all the magic power of the Zhanlu sword in his hand to kill the opponent, Goetia did not react for a moment. It was not until Zhanlu was close that Goetia hurriedly summoned Istaru to him, hoping that Istaru's time magic could stop Zhanlu's attack.

But the problem is that Zhanlu is a righteous treasure that represents the will of the people and restricts fantasy. Although Istaru's time magic is magical, it is impossible to stop Zhanlu's attack in a hurry. So the Demon Pillar Istaru was pierced by the black Zhanlu, and finally Zhanlu was stuck in Goetia's chest.

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