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Chapter 43: Go West Again

Because it was snowing, the sky was very dark and the road was very smooth, so their march was extremely slow!

Zhao Chen was in the army, with the three brothers Yue Fei beside him, and Zhe Keqiu was also by his side at this moment!

Everyone rode on the horse and slowly moved forward!

Zhao Chen's hair had turned white and said, "General Zhe, you are the Shaanxi Xuanfu Envoy, responsible for defending the entire Shaanxi! This Tongguan is the gateway to Guanshan, which is crucial. Now that you have given up here, can you be worthy of your father's trust to you?"

Zhe Keqiu was stunned. He did not expect that the prince asked this question and said immediately: "Your prince, don't worry, I have sent someone to inform General Yao Gu and Yao that he will bring people to Tongguan to defend Tongguan!"

Zhao Chen was stunned, and Yue Fei and others next to him were also stunned. They did not expect that Zhe Keqiu would have such a trick! But then they thought about it, they all understood Zhe Keqiu's plan. Zhe Keqiu wanted to rely on Yao Gu's Yao family army to resist the Jurchens!

"Are the Jurchens not far from Tongguan?" Zhao Chen said.

"Your Highness is wise, the Jurchens are indeed not very far from here! They have arrived in Shanzhou!" Zhe Keqiu was slightly surprised at how quickly Zhao Chen's mind was!

But soon, Zhao Chen's face showed a terrified expression. He whipped the war horse hard with a horse whip, causing the war horse to speed forward, and shouted loudly: "Since the Jurchens have arrived in Shaanxi and are not far from here, why are you doing it slowly?"

He shouted, but his body was trembling constantly, as if he was extremely frightened!

Seeing Zhao Chen's appearance, a smile appeared on Zhe Keqiu's face! Such a prince is the prince he "likes". Only such a timid and cowardly prince will be without any threat!

"Your Highness, don't be afraid. With my Zhe family's more than 100,000 troops, you can always protect your highness's safety!" Zhe Keqiu chased after him and said.

"Okay, okay, I just rely on the Zhe family army now!" Zhao Chen said with a pale face and gasping for breath.

"The Zhe family army is a strong army in the northwest. Not to mention that the Jurchens have not come yet, even if they come, we can still block them!" Zhe Keqiu promised.

"Hey! When the Jurchens just went south, I suggested that my father move the capital, but my father didn't listen! If the father had followed my advice at that time, how could he be captured by the Jurchens?" Zhao Chen sighed in a pity.

"When the Jurchens just headed south... Did the Jurchens have already captured the three northern towns?" Zhe Ke asked.

"Of course, it hasn't been defeated yet! But I know we must be no match for them!" Zhao Chen shook his head.

"Your Highness is still wise. At that time, you can guess that the Jurchens are powerful and will eventually conquer Kaifeng!" Zhe Keqiu said "compassion" from the side.

He was complimenting on the surface, but in fact he had already despised the prince Zhao Chen to the extreme! The Jurchens had just moved south and the prince was about to move the capital. How timid should this prince be?

Thinking of this, he really wanted to laugh! Zhao Chen next to him saw his smug look, and a sarcastic smile appeared faintly on the corner of his mouth!

*******

The Northern Song Dynasty lacked horses, and the same was true for the Zhe Family Army. In addition to a small number of cavalry, most of the Zhe Family Army were infantry! They were trained on weekdays, and at this moment, the marching speed of these infantry was also extremely slow!

They only walked dozens of miles in an entire afternoon!

At this moment, they rushed to a small town and rested in the town that night. In the middle of the night, a noisy sound suddenly came from outside!

Zhao Chen was awakened in his sleep. He hurriedly put on his clothes and walked out. Yue Fei and others had already come to greet him outside.

"What happened?" Zhao Chen said.

"It seems that other Western soldiers have arrived, as if they are the Yao family army!" Yue Fei said.

"Oh! Yao family army, then Yao Gu is also a general of the Western Army. I wonder if he is in it?" Zhao Chen said.

"We don't know this!" Yue Fei said.

"I want to go out and have a look!" Zhao Chen said.

Zhao Chen wanted to go out and take a look, and Yue Fei and others naturally followed!

But they had just arrived at the door and found that there were many soldiers guarding the Zhe Family Army here. These soldiers actually stopped them and prevented them from going over!

"I am the prince, how dare you stop me?" Zhao Chen said coldly.

"Your Highness, this is General Zhe's order. Don't make things difficult for us!" The leader of the school captain was still Kang An, and he smiled bitterly.

"Hmph, Your Highness the Crown Prince is the crown prince of the country, and his status is still above you General Zhe! Your Highness the Crown Prince is going out, and even General Zhe cannot stop him. Do you dare to stop him?" Zhang Xian said coldly.

"I'm sorry, without General Zhe's order, I can't let you go!" Kang An said.

"What if we must go there?" Zhang Xian said.

"Please don't force us!" Kang An said.

The soldiers of the Zhe Family Army had already picked up the weapons in their hands and aimed at this direction. Seeing that the conflict was about to happen, Zhao Chen finally spoke and said, "Forget it, since General Zhe doesn't let us go out, then we won't go out! I believe he is also for our own good, let's go back!"

He turned around and left, Zhang Xian looked at Kang An and others angrily, and finally left!

After returning to the house, Zhang Xian was still angry and said, "Zhe Ke deserves to die. We are nominally free, but in fact we are still under house arrest!"

Zhao Chen smiled faintly and said, "He wants to completely control us and not let us meet Yao Gu! He is afraid that Yao Gu will take us away?"

In fact, Zhe Keqiu did have this idea! Now he must firmly grasp Zhao Chen and must not let Zhao Chen fall into the hands of the others! Otherwise, his plan of "using the emperor to command the princes" would not be implemented!

"Your Highness, we are staying here as if we are in a wolf's den, and it is very dangerous! Why not escort you out and see Yao Gu, and your Highness will be truly free at that time!" Yue Fei said.

"This..." Zhao Chen pondered, and after a long time, he said, "Forget it! No one knows what will happen in the troubled times! Zhe Keqiu's mind is not pure, so Yao Gu is pure? Besides, Yao Gu obviously has no brains. Zhe Keqiu gave him Tongguan. This is to use him to resist the Jin soldiers. He was actually trapped like this! If I follow him, even if he is loyal to me, I will be killed by the Jin soldiers! Besides, if I get to his army, will Zhe Keqiu give up? The 150,000 army of the Zhe family will be "robbed" by him. What's the point?"

Yue Fei nodded and said, "Since that's the case, we'll stay here! Let's still follow Zhe Keqiu!"

In fact, although the Yao family army arrived, Yao Gu himself did not come here at all! Zhe Keke asked to give Tongguan and Chang'an to Yao Gu. Yao Gu had already gone to Chang'an, and he only sent more than 10,000 soldiers to accept Tongguan!

Early the next morning, Zhao Chen followed Zhe Keqiu and others to the west again, and Zhe Keqiu was still following Zhao Chen!

"Are we going to Chang'an?" Zhao Chen looked into the distance and said.

"Your Highness, the Jurchens are coming in full force. They may not be safe when they arrive in Chang'an. Let's keep going west!" Zhe Ke asked.

"Always heading west?" Zhao Chen was stunned!

To be honest, he really didn't know where the Zhe family army was going. He thought the Zhe family army would stop when they arrived in Chang'an, but he would go west! He didn't know that Zhe Keqiu had already given Chang'an to Yao Gu!

"Yes, let's go to Fengxiang Mansion, or we go to Hanzhong. When we get there, we stop!" Zhe Ke asked.

On February 15th, they passed by Chang'an and did not enter Chang'an City, but passed through the south side of Chang'an! It was not until they walked for a long time that Yao Gu got the news! Yao Gu originally wanted to pay homage to His Highness the Crown Prince, but now His Highness the Crown Prince has gone west, so he gave up.

*******

And on this day, the vanguard army of the Jurchens had crossed the Yellow River and arrived at the city of Tongguan!

The leader was a young general. He looked only about 20 years old, but he was extremely tough! Although it was snowing, he was wearing extremely thin clothes. He had a thick arm naked, and he could see that his skin was dark, his muscles were bulging, and his whole body seemed to be full of explosive power!

His face is ancient and his appearance is unique! If it were a Jurchen veteran who had been fighting for many years, he would recognize that his appearance was somewhat similar to that of the former Jurchen hero Wanyan Aguda!

He is no other person, he is the fourth son of Wanyan Aguda, Wanyan Zongbi, who was famous all over the world in the future, or he can also be called Wanyan Wushu and Jin Wushu!

Now he is still young, his days of war are limited, and his military achievements are limited, so his current official position is only the Marshal Zuo Du Superintendent, and he also serves as a pioneer!
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