Chapter 410: Cross the River! Cross the River! Cross the River! (Part )
Big man.

"Solid as a rock, able to turn the tide."

Liu Bang clapped his hands and sang the Dafeng Song.

"The wind is blowing and the clouds are flying!"

"The strong warriors are here to guard the four sides!"

Lu Zhi looked at the sky and was moved.

Then he grabbed Liu Bang's big mouth.

“People’s hearts are filled with righteousness, and they will not strive for it unless they act.”

"It's a pity that as a minister, I have to compare the size of the land."

"The ruler abandons the capital."

Liu Bang slowly took Lu Zhi's hand, stroked his beard, and said softly:
"The aggressive emperor has no military generals or civil officials to use, and the general who insists on the Northern Expedition meets an emperor who is determined to achieve nothing."

"It is fate, and it cannot be reversed."

"If Liu Bei had not met Zhuge Liang, would the end of the Han Dynasty have been so regrettable?"

……

[On March 16, due to the reversal of the war situation outside Kaifeng, Wanyan Nianhan could only "move the people of Xijing to Hebei, burn Xijing and leave", and the plan to attack Bianjing from both sides was also abandoned.]

【The Jin army's offensive to the south this time was in a state of decline. 】

[The anti-Jin righteous army in Hebei, Hedong and other places cooperated with Zong Ze to launch a wide-ranging attack to disrupt the rear of the Jin army. ]

[On April 12, the Jin army retreated, and the various Song armies took the opportunity to recapture some prefectures and counties.]

[After hundreds of difficult battles, the comparison of Song and Jin military strength has changed to a certain extent, and Zongze's anti-Jin measures have begun to show results. ]

[Zong Ze's reputation shocked the enemy, and the Jin people respected and feared him, so they always called him Grandpa Zong, and did not dare to call him by his name.]

……

The period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty
"The more painful the beating, the more respected you will be."

Liu Che leaned against the soft pillow and sneered.

"There is no difference between the Jin and Song armies."

Huo Qubing did not hear the malice towards Song Gaozong in Liu Che's words. He just looked at the sky and admired Zong Ze's ability to train troops.

"During the Jingkang period, the Song army had no ability to fight in the field and could only defend the city at best. Wherever the Jin army went, they were like dead wood and rotten wood."

"At this time, although both sides still won and lost, the Jin army could only withdraw south of the Yellow River."

"In just over half a year, the Tokyo Garrison Army was forged into an army capable of fighting tough battles."

"It can be seen that the Song army has a good foundation."

"The military system of the Song Dynasty had too many drawbacks."

……

Great Song.

Zhao Kuangyi put his hands on his hips and laughed!
"Hahahaha!"

"You Jin army are good at fighting!"

"I still got beaten to the point of calling you daddy!"

Zhao Kuangyin, who was sitting on a stone pier with his eyes closed and regulating his breathing, had veins bulging on his forehead.

Zhao Kuangyi, who didn't know whether to live or die, was still sighing:

"An old man in his seventies has become a master of military strategy."

"It is truly a miracle that such an outstanding military commander and civil official has a great reputation throughout the world."

"It can be seen that scholars are no better than..."

"You're not done yet!"

Kicked out! Seeing Zhao Kuangyi falling to the ground, Zhao Kuangyin rolled up his sleeves and went forward to beat him violently!
"You still have the nerve to make such a fuss!"

"Look at your offspring!"

"What a bunch of rotten fish and shrimp!"

"If Nai Gong can't hit them, can't he hit you?"

……

Song Dynasty: Zhezong Period
Zhao Xu put his hands behind his back and looked at the sky.

A breeze blew and a dead leaf fell from the tree.

Zhao Xu picked up the half yellow and half green leaves on his head.

"Mr. Sima, do you think Zhao Gou will come back?"

Sima Guang shook his head and sighed:
"Your Majesty, when Zu Ti was rowing in the middle of the river, wasn't Emperor Yuan of Jin also calm and composed?"

"Chen Li is in danger of the country, and he shows his strength when he encounters a strong wind."

"Encourage her chastity, and stand firm like a pine tree in the cold winter."

"In troubled times, loyal people are known."

Zhao Xu understood what Sima Guang meant.

Zhao Gou has no strength and no integrity, and is not a loyal and good person.

……

After repelling the Jin army, Zong Ze assessed the situation and believed that in June, the Jin cavalry could not stand the heat, their bows were not strong, and their horses were not fat, so it was a good opportunity to launch a large-scale northern expedition.

[Wang Yan's Eight Character Army followed Zong Ze's order and moved to Huazhou.]

[Ma Kuo from Wuma Mountain also came to the Tokyo Resident Office with a letter from Prince Xin Zhao Zhen.]

【Zong Ze, Wang Yan, Ma Kuo and others jointly formulated a military plan for the Northern Expedition. 】

[The plan stipulated that Wang Yan and his troops would cross the Yellow River from Huazhou and directly capture Huaizhou, Weizhou, Junzhou, Xiangzhou, etc.]

[Ma Kuo and his troops attacked Mingzhou, Qingyuanfu and Zhendingfu from Damingfu.]

[Yang Jin, Li Gui, Wang Shan, Ding Jin and other troops all advanced separately.]

[The volunteers from Hebei and Hedong Mountain and Water Villages, and the heroes from Yan and Yun regions also agreed on a date to join forces from both inside and outside.]

【Zong Ze saw that the army of one million people worked together and vowed to recover the country, so he submitted 24 petitions to Emperor Gaozong of Song, begging him to "return to the throne" in Tokyo to boost morale and lead the plan of avenging the country and recovering the old territory.】

【But those memorials, which were written with passionate words and could move wood and stone, became nothing more than waste paper as soon as they reached Yangzhou. 】【The only response from the Song court was perfunctory response, ridicule and scolding. 】

……

On the canopy.

Thick dark clouds gathered over Bianjing.

The lightning is like a swimming dragon, appearing and disappearing.

The rumbling sound of thunder echoed in the huge city of Kaifeng.

The skinny old man with sunken eye sockets was lying on the bed, barely breathing.

Beside the bed, a group of generals surrounded them, tears dripping down their cheeks.

"Boom!"

Accompanied by muffled thunder, raindrops hit the banana leaves.

The old man looked at the people in front of him with cloudy eyes, and said with difficulty:
"If you can help me annihilate the ugly enemy and fulfill my master's wish to restore the country, I will die with no regrets..."

Everyone shed tears, bowed to the ground together, and answered in unison:
"I dare not try my best!"

The old man looked at the leader again:
"Pengju, I can't survive this disease."

"I have admired Wu Hou since I was young, but I never thought that in the end... he would die before he could achieve his goal... This has always made heroes... shed tears..."

The leading general took a step forward, knelt in front of the couch, and sobbed:

"Grandfather..."

"Boom! Snap!"

There was a heavy storm and a loud thunderclap was heard from the sky.

The old man's cloudy eyes suddenly lit up, he took a long breath, and struggled to stand sideways.

Amid the sad and shocked expressions of the crowd.

The eyes were gleaming, and the voices of resentment and unwillingness followed the rolling thunder.

The news spread quickly in the city of Bianjing, where the wind and rain were raging and the sky was dark!

"Cross the river! Cross the river! Cross the river!"

The shouts were still ringing in everyone’s ears.

The person who shouted has already passed away.

……

【Since Zong Ze's anti-Jin stance was unwavering, Song Gaozong and other ministers such as Huang and Wang were very worried that his continued stay in Dongjing would hinder the peace talks between Song and Jin.】

[Huang Qianshan and Wang Boyan suspected that Zong Ze was planning to raise troops for a coup, so they advised Song Gaozong to appoint Guo Zhongxun as the deputy governor of Tokyo to monitor Zong Ze.]

[Song Gaozong issued an edict ordering Yuwen Xuzhong to enter Bianjing as the "Great Jin Prayer Envoy" and asked Zongze to return to Yangzhou to take up his post.]

[At the same time, an order was issued to urge Zong Ze to release the detained Jin envoys as soon as possible.]

……

{Wanyan Gou's brain is not good at all.}
{Oh, you can never wake up a person who is pretending to be asleep.}
{Ninth sister, to put it bluntly, has been in the palace for too long. Coupled with the historical inertia of the Song Dynasty emphasizing culture over military affairs, expecting the Song Dynasty to produce an iron-blooded emperor is like waiting for a plane at the station.}
{The disease of stupidity can only be cured by abolishing the ruler!}
……

Song Taizong period
"Haha! Hahahaha!"

Zhao Kuangyi laughed, and his laughter was full of sarcasm and hatred!

"He is chillingly indifferent and insensitive to the ancestral temples, the country, his parents and relatives, and the most basic moral ethics and human nature in the world..."

"You are really... worse than a beast!"

……

Song Dynasty: Emperor Qinzong
The ministers who had still held some illusions about King Kang were completely disheartened.

Zong Ze's contribution is no less than that of Zhuge Wuhou.

He couldn't tolerate such a loyal person...

Who else can he accommodate?

"Today I finally understand the virtue of the later lord."

Liu Qian muttered with lifeless eyes.

Everyone's expressions were complicated.

Although Emperor Liu Houzhu no longer had the qualities of a king, he was at least a man who knew how to be grateful.

And it’s hard to say whether this person… is a human being or not.

"I agree."

Zhang Shuye looked at Li Gang and said:
"Appoint Rulin as the Minister of Military Affairs!"

……

[The emperor refused to return to the throne and even sought peace with the Jin army.]

[This old man with a tenacious fighting spirit has not fallen down despite the glare of swords and blood, and the cold and fierce attacks. ]

【He became ill from worry and anger and never recovered.】

[He had a carbuncle on his back, which made it difficult for him to lie down and fall asleep.]

[But even though he was tortured like this, Zongze still remained firm in his belief. ]

[Even if there is no imperial decree for the Northern Expedition, the Northern Expedition will still proceed as planned! ]

[Orders were issued one after another, and the dates for the troops to be dispatched were scheduled one after another.]

[The Northern Expedition, which was about to fail, became within reach, and the morale and public sentiment in Henan and Hebei were boosted again.]

[However, such heavy work also consumed the old man's last bit of life. ]

[On July 1128, , the Northern Expedition generals, other officials, and leaders of the rebel army came to the bedside to pay their respects.]

[Zong Ze encouraged them to annihilate the powerful enemy, realize the great cause of recovering their homeland, and fulfill his unfulfilled ambitions. ]

[On his deathbed, Zong Ze did not say a word about himself or his family affairs, but just shouted loudly: "Cross the river! Cross the river! Cross the river!"]

[After the call, he passed away at the age of seventy.]

[Until his last breath, what he could not forget was still the Northern Expedition.]

……

(End of this chapter)

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