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Chapter 7 Taiyuan City Destruction

"The wild cat called Chun...The wild cat called Chun...The cat...The prince..." Zhao Chen kept pondering, and the eunuchs next to him were surprised, not knowing what Zhao Chen was saying.

However, Zhao Chen remembered the allusion of the raccoon's replacement of the prince in history! According to legend, during the reign of Emperor Zhenzong of Song, Concubine Liu of the harem conspired with the eunuch Guo Huai to exchange the baby born by Concubine Li Chen, and Concubine Li Chen was inscribed into the cold palace. After Emperor Zhenzong of Song, Emperor Renzong ascended the throne. Bao Zheng was ordered to investigate the case of the national uncle Pang Yu's release of relief fraud. On the way, Bao Zheng accepted the unjust case of Concubine Li Chen and quelled the injustice for him, and welcomed Concubine Li Chen back to the court.

It is a vain thing that the raccoon changed to the prince. Zhao Chen thought of the raccoon changed to the prince at this moment, but he only had one idea in his mind - Li Daitao Zombie!

He wants to find someone to replace him, the "prince", and go to the Jin army to die!

Zhao Chen stood up and paced slowly in the room, thinking about this matter in his heart! He frowned, and the eunuchs and palace maids next to him were not surprised at all when they saw the appearance of Zhao Chen. Over the past few months, they have accepted the changes of the prince! Now the prince is still a ten-year-old child on the surface, but in terms of tone, movement, and temperament, they are like an adult.

"The raccoon cat changes to the prince! Where can I find such a raccoon cat? I am a prince, and I don't know how many eunuchs, palace maids and guards are following me. I have countless people to monitor anything I do! If there is any mistake, someone will report to my father's place!" Zhao Chen said secretly.

"This matter still requires trouble Wang De!"

"I just don't know if Wang De is credible? Will Wang De do this for me?"

Zhao Chen thought hard for a long time. No matter whether Wang De is reliable or not, this is the only person he can rely on at present! It's like a dying person. Even if it's a straw, he must hold it firmly! Even though he knows that Kaifeng City is broken, he will not be able to escape and die. Do you still have to wait for death here?

He must find a way to make himself survive!

The next morning, Zhao Chen came to Jujing Garden again, and Wang De was still waiting for him here.

"Your Highness, I may not be able to practice martial arts with you in the future!" Seeing Zhao Chen coming, Wang De saluted first and then said.

"Oh? Why is this?" Zhao Chen was stunned.

"The Jin soldiers head south, and there are still hundreds of thousands of imperial guards in Kaifeng City! If the imperial guards go north to fight, I will follow the imperial guards!" Wang Dedao.

"This..." Zhao Chen stayed there, thinking that if Wang De left, he would really not have anyone to rely on.

In fact, Zhao Chen was completely overthinking. The Northern Song Dynasty imperial guards had extraordinary combat power in the early stages. By the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, the imperial guards had completely slapped and had no combat power! In the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, they relied on the Western Army to fight! The Jin soldiers went south until the city of Kaifeng was broken, and the imperial guards did not play any role!

But at this moment, thinking that Wang De might leave, Zhao Chen felt anxious and his face was filled with panic.

"Your Highness, what's wrong with you?" Wang De said in surprise.

"I had a matter of important handing over to you, but you said you might leave Kaifeng, so you can't hand it over to you... But if I don't hand it over to you, I don't know who to give it to?" Zhao Chen said.

"I don't know what it is?" Wang Dedao.

Zhao Chen looked at Wang De, still hesitating! After a while, Zhao Chen looked around and found that the eunuchs and guards were dispersed from afar. They probably couldn't hear the conversation here, so they said: "General Wang, this is what it is..."

After hearing what Zhao Chen said, Wang De stayed there! After a long time, Wang Dedao: "Your Highness, why are you doing this for?"

Zhao Chen shook his head and said, "I just ask you, can you do this for me? Can you keep the secret for me?"

"This..." Wang De hesitated for a long time and nodded, "Don't worry, your highness, I will definitely do this for your Highness! But... why?"

"You will know in the future!" Hearing Wang De's promise to help him, although Wang De's help may not be successful, Zhao Chen was relieved at least, and a smile finally appeared on his face!

"Your Highness, do you still need to practice martial arts today?"

"Of course you have to practice martial arts! Only by having martial arts can you save your life! Today, I will still learn the killing sword technique you created by General Wang!" Zhao Chen said with a smile.

...

In the ninth month of the lunar calendar, the Mid-Autumn Festival has passed and the weather is getting colder.

Kaifeng City is still singing and dancing, and as for the palace, there is almost no tension in the atmosphere.

Zhao Chen still practiced martial arts with Wang De every day. He was originally worried that Wang De might be sent to the north to fight, but now it seems that he was completely worried that the court had no intention of sending troops north.

"The three northern towns... I wonder how long will the three northern towns last to withstand the Jin soldiers?" Zhao Chen said secretly.

During this period, in addition to practicing martial arts, Zhao Chen made up for ancient geographical knowledge. He also knew the importance of the three northern towns to the Song Dynasty and the glorious history that Taiyuan City once had.

When the Jin soldiers headed south for the first time last year, they were divided into two groups. The commander of the Western Route Army was Wanyan Zonghan, the eldest prince of the Jurchens, and the commander of the Eastern Route Army was the second prince Wanyan Zongwang.

Wanyan Zonghan is the second most powerful figure in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms to this day. Di Qing and Yang family generals are far inferior to him. Even Zhou Shizong, Song Taizu could not compare with him. In the past 200 years, the only one who can beat him was Wanyan Aguda. However, Wanyan Aguda died of illness after destroying Liao, so Wanyan Zonghan can now be called the number one military strongman in East Asia!

However, when he went south for the first time last year, Wanyan Zonghan was blocked by the city of Taiyuan. Therefore, the only one who came to Kaifeng last year was the second prince of the Jin Kingdom, Wanyan Zongwang! The second prince, one of whom was limited in his troops, could not break through Kaifeng, so he returned to the north after asking for a large amount of gold and silver!

"Maybe history has changed after I came to this world... Maybe Taiyuan City can still block Wanyan Zonghan, right?"

Zhao Chen looked north, which was exactly the direction of Taiyuan City.

*******

At this moment, there is still endless battle under Taiyuan City!

From the beginning of the year to now, the Jin soldiers' attacks on Taiyuan City have never stopped!

Wanyan Zonghan returned to the north after being frustrated here last year. This time he raised an army from Xijing Datong, the former Liao Kingdom, and led 50,000 Jurchen Lang to come here! Since August, after these 50,000 new forces were put into the battlefield, the form of the battlefield has undergone significant changes!

"The Grand Marshal, the women, old men and children in Taiyuan City have participated in the war. It seems that there are not many people in Taiyuan City! At most one month, we will definitely be able to conquer Taiyuan City!" A young Jurchen general stood in front of Wanyan Zonghan and said excitedly.

"In less than a month! At most ten days, we can break through Taiyuan City!" Wanyan Zonghan said coldly.

At this time, Wanyan Zonghan was already in his forties, but his body was still very strong! He was not particularly tall, but every muscle in his body seemed to be made of iron, and he was like an iron statue! His eyes were extremely cold, like a snake's eyes, or an eagle's eyes, looking extremely vicious!

"Send the order and the whole army will join the war! Ten days later, I will see Taiyuan City surrender under my Jurchen Iron Cavalry!" Wanyan Zonghan said coldly, his voice was like the sound of metal friction, and the listeners felt cold and tight.

The Jin soldiers' offensive was even more fierce! Originally, there were 20,000 soldiers here, but now with 50,000 new troops, the total strength of the Jin soldiers here reached 70,000! These 70,000 people siege the city day and night, countless siege cars, and countless stone throwing machines were set up! The Jurchens continued to move forward one after another and frantically!

The Jurchens in front were smashed to pieces by the huge rocks thrown from the city wall, and the Jurchens behind were trampling on the body of the Jurchens in front and continued to move forward! The death of their compatriots not only did not make them afraid, but made them even more crazy!

For ten years, they have built up thousands of miles of land and defeated the arrogant Khitans with this madness and fearlessness of death! They seem to have no personal will. All their personal will have been integrated into this iron-like army and have been integrated into their own nation! The will of the army is their personal will, and the will of the nation is their personal will! For the victory of the army and the rise of the nation, personal life and death honor can be completely put aside!

From day to night, from night to day, the Jurchens fought endlessly! In the past ten days, there have been more than 15,000 Jurchens who died in Taiyuan City, but the Jurchens still have not stopped. They are still moving forward frantically, and waves forward, their eyes are still so crazy!

During the Southern Song Dynasty, the Southern Song Dynasty court had studied the Jurchens' strategies! In their opinion, the Jurchens could definitely have extraordinary strategies to defeat the Khitans, Han people, and Xixia people! However, the final research results show that the Jurchens had no strategy at all! The Jurchens were barbarians. Before they rose, they were still in a primitive society. Apart from fishing and hunting, they had no other skills. They had no own writings and civilizations. Where did such a race come from? Even if they really had a strategy, it would be far from comparable to the various advanced "military tactics" formed by the development of the Han people for thousands of years!

The only reason why the Jurchens could win was their fighting will, which was their tenacious fighting spirit that was not afraid of death! During the Song Dynasty, whether it was the Liao army, the Song army, or the Xixia army, if the war started, if it was not victorious in two or three rounds, it would retreat. The Jurchens could fight for more than a dozen rounds and dozens of rounds until they completely defeated the enemy! The Song army and Xixia fought, usually fought during the day, and at night they would rest together as agreed, but the Jurchens could fight for more than ten days day and night until the last warrior died!

"The Jurchens are not satisfied with ten thousand, and they are invincible." Relying on this ability to fight tenaciously without fear of death, once the number of Jurchens is tens of thousands, no matter how many Liao army, Song army, or Xixia army reaches, there will be only one dead end! At least in the era of Wanyan Aguda, this is an iron rule. No matter how many generals or armies can break this iron rule!

Now that Wanyan Aguda has just passed away, only two years ago, the Jurchen army is still the world's number one strong army!

boom!

On this evening of the emperor, a loud bang came, and smoke and dust were flying in Taiyuan City, and the Jurchen army below made a shocking cheer!

"The city is broken! The city is broken! Taiyuan city is broken!"

Taiyuan City, which had been defending for 260 days, was finally broken under the continuous attack of the Jin soldiers! For the Han people, this is a miracle! You should know that the former capital of Liao Kingdom, Shangjing, only lasted for one day under the attack of Wanyan Aguda, and Kaifeng, the capital of the Song Dynasty, did not last for more than a month under the attack of Wanyan Zonghan! Taiyuan City was able to persist for 260 days under the attack of Jin soldiers, which is a miracle!

"Let's go! Enter the city!" Wanyan Zonghan laughed.
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