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8 Chapter Eight Chasing Soldiers

Speaking of Zong Ze's body, Zhao Zhen looked at everyone intently and continued, "If there is anything unexpected happening to the old coach Zong Ze, my elder brother Zhao Gou will have a conflict with heroes from all sides. At that time, the relatives will be hurt and the enemy will be quick. If the Jin soldiers are not defeated, they will fight to the mess first."

"My dear Ma Kuo, this time I ask you for this is the reason." Zhao Zhen looked at Ma Kuo solemnly and said, "I will write a letter to ask the old coach Zongze to attack the Golden Dog in the north and south. After you go, if the old coach is fine before July, then you can join me in the northern expedition with Zongze at that time."

After Zhao Zhen said that, his face became a little gloomy, and then said, "If I don't plan, if the old general Zongze is unwell or there is any change in the situation. My brother Zhao Gou is a person who is afraid of the Jin Kingdom at heart. The peace faction around him has a great advantage. At that time, the brother Zhao Gou will send a peace faction that destroys the Northern Expedition to preside over the overall situation. They will disband and attack various rebels, and the army will flee internally in the civil war. In this way, the Jin army will invade the south again without any substantial obstacles, and will easily invade and occupy the vast hinterland of the Central Plains. At that time, the Han people in the north will fall under the iron hoof of the Jin army. My brother Zhao Gou will probably continue to cede land and make compensation for peace, and survive in half of the southern mountains. The great cause of the Northern Expedition will become a dream."

Speaking of this, Zhao Zhen glanced at Ma Kuo and Zhao Bangjie who were shocked by his words and continued, "If what I think is good, the old coach Zong Ze appeared unexpectedly before July. Ma Kuo, I need your loyalty, not to be loyal to Zhao Gou, who has now betrayed my Zhao family, who has suffered so much, and betrayed my ancestors and family for personal gain. But you need your loyalty to me and my Zhao family, Ma Kuo, can I believe you?"

Ma Kuo was already stunned by Zhao Zhen's words at this time. He stared at Zhao Zhen and couldn't speak. "My dear, if there is any change in the old coach Zong Ze in July, can you help me do something?" Zhao Zhen asked loudly. Special Forces Crossing the Time of the Song Dynasty Prince 8

As if he was awakened by Zhao Zhen's words, he immediately turned around and said, "Please give me instructions. If there is a real change in the old commander of the July Zongze, I will follow your order. Even if I deal with Emperor Gaozong, I will do whatever I want."

Ma Kuo didn't say enough. It was because of the fact that the old coach of July Zongze had any changes before he could execute Zhao Zhen's order. From the beginning of meeting Zhao Zhen, through Zhao Zhen's speech, he knew that Zhao Zhen was also very ambitious, and was extremely dissatisfied with Zhao Gou's attitude of begging for mercy and escaping when fighting against Jin and not rescuing Huizong. Qinzong and the entire Zhao clan were afraid that the two would eventually compete for the throne in the future. If the two were fighting for the throne, Ma Kuo did not want to participate in it.

But if Zhao Zhen can really figure out something, after he went to Kaifeng, if the old coach Zong Ze really had a condition due to physical discomfort seven months ago, it would prove that Zhao Zhen was really very capable of calculating, or had many spies under his command. But no matter what, he would not let Zhao Zhen's future Jin soldiers occupy the land of the northern country at that time, and even if he broke up with Zhao Gou for the Northern Expedition, he would not hesitate to do so.

"Okay! Ma Kuo, you are really a good man in the Song Dynasty! If there was a real misfortune in the old commander Zongze before July, you would unite all the rebels, the Song army and patriotic generals against the Jin Dynasty, and say that I am willing to accept them, and I will continue to fight against the Jin Dynasty and let them go north to meet with me. Tell them that I believe in the king! The anti-Jin flag will never fall! I will never retreat." Zhao Zhen said passionately.

Ma Kuo and Zhao Bangjie were both full of thoughts, but they also began to have some imagination about Zhao Zhen. If Zhao Zhen could really calculate anything, it would be a living god. Then Zhao Zhen might be really the true emperor. If he followed him, he would probably have the merit of following the dragon after he accomplished a great event in the future, and he would have to be named a marquis and a prime minister. "I obey the order!" Ma Kuo bowed down.

"When you go to Kaifeng, remember to go to Yangzhou to find Zhao Gou first, tell him that I am still on Wuma Mountain, and give me my letter to Zhao Gou. As for all the defenses in Wuma Mountain, tell them. After Zhao Gou knows that I will escape, he will definitely try his best to destroy my Northern Expedition plan and try every means to assassinate me. At that time, they will secretly communicate with Jin Gou and tell Jin Gou everything about Wuma Mountain. On the one hand, they can make peace with this condition, and on the other hand, they can kill me, a brother who is also qualified to win the throne. On the one hand, they can kill two birds with one stone. However, Jin Gou will definitely go for a waste, and can also alienate their relationship, so that the Jin soldiers will attack Zhao Gou more with all their strength, and relieve our pressure. At that time, you will secretly leave Yangzhou and return to Kaifeng immediately, incite the rebels and patriotic generals to join me." Zhao Zhen stared at Ma Kuo and reminded him again.

"I know, please rest assured." Ma Kuo listened in surprise and remembered Zhao Zhen's instructions. Ma Kuo is also a smart person. Since he knew that Zhao Zhen had ambitions, if Zong Ze really happened in July as he expected, then Zhao Zhen would really have the ability to go all the way like Zhuge Liang, and he would have the means to count the enemy thousands of miles away. No matter what, all Zhao Zhen's plan was for the Northern Expedition and the return of our mountains to expel the Jin army. Then for the Northern Expedition and to expel the Jin soldiers, Ma Kuo thought that he had to do all the things Zhao Zhen had instructed.

"The most important thing is that you have to bring Yue Fei to me!" Zhao Zhen said to Ma Kuo. "This is a letter I wrote overnight. When something happens, you can show it to Yue Fei and he will come." Zhao Zhen said.

Yue Fei was not famous at that time, so Ma Kuo naturally didn't know why Zhao Zhen insisted on asking Yue Fei and wrote a letter himself. However, he still had to faithfully execute Zhao Zhen's orders, so he put it away.

Yue Fei is a man who would rather be a chicken head than a cow, and he is also a man who considers the general direction. Although he is a political idiot, he is a genius strategist and tactician.

The reason why Wang Yan and Yue Fei had a dispute was that Yue Fei knew that Wang Yan had no great future in Taihang Mountains. Due to many reasons, he went south to Zongze to fight against the Jin Dynasty. Yue Fei knew that only under the banner of a great prestige could a large number of children of the Song Dynasty gather to fight against the Jin Dynasty and concentrate their strength to completely defeat the Jin army.

Facts proved that Yue Fei was right. Wang Yan's prestige was limited and he could not gather much power. In the end, although Wang Yan defeated the Jin soldiers several times, he still went south to meet Zong Ze. The reason was that his prestige was too weak.

If it were the original King of Letters Zhao Zhen, he would not be able to let Yue Fei come and join him. However, Zhao Zhen, who knew the character of Yue Fei, knew the character of Yue Fei.

Yue Fei knew that Zhao Gou was a corrupt, but he was still extremely loyal. The reason was his loyalty to the orthodox dynasty of China and to the Han people in the Central Plains. Later, the reason why Yue Fei was anxious to propose such a rebellious act as a prince was because Xiaozong was an active person to resist the Jin Dynasty. In Yue Fei, as long as there was a person with a relative landlord of the Zhao family who actively resisted the Jin Dynasty, he was willing to stand up for it, which was also one of the reasons why he was killed by Zhao Gou.

In the letter Zhao Zhen wrote to Yue Fei, he knew it with reason and moved it with emotion. He also wanted Yue Fei to be his own military marshal and planned his future development direction.

In addition, Zhao Zhen also clearly wrote about Zhao Gou's hidden dangers and could not be raised. As a parent-child of Huizong, he or his descendants are the successor of the next crown prince. He also represents the future Song court, and he can also be regarded as having the righteousness.

No matter what, Yue Fei was not the powerful Yue Fei in the future, so he would definitely come to join him. Zhao Zhen has this confidence.

As for the large number of troops and most of them were militiamen, Zhang Yong and Wang Shan and other troops, Zhao Zhen must not let Zhao Gou destroy the Great Wall by himself. Zhao Zhen also asked Ma Kuo to bring two letters.

After Zhao Zhen handed Ma Kuo a letter written by himself to Zhang Yong and Wang Shan, he solemnly said: "The letter to these two people is of great importance. You must not let anyone see it, including yourself. You cannot let the two see it before the incident happened to the old coach Zongze. Remember! Remember!" Special Forces Crossing the Prince of Song 8

Under Zhao Zhen's entrustment, Ma Kuo took Zhao Zhen's several secret letters down the mountain, while his father Ma Zheng and Zhao Bangyan led a group of troops and people from various camps in Wumashan to begin retreating.

In order to avoid the Jin army, the Wumashan Rebel Army selected a rugged mountain road to advance. All the burdens were abandoned by the rebel army, and all the horses were dragged forward with food and grass. Even King Xin Zhao Zhen set an example and walked forward. Even Princess Xin Shuang'er's special treatment was only riding a small "haired" donkey.

In the retreat, unlike Zhao Zhen's perception, the Wumashan rebel army retreated very quickly or escaped very quickly. The Wumashan rebel army was composed of the people and defeated soldiers who fled after being invaded by the Jin soldiers. They could run on two legs, which may be the characteristic of the rebel army. After all, under the invasion of the Jin soldiers, everyone's living environment was harsh, and escaping was common. Over time, it became the capital for survival. The leaders of the villages called orders, picked up the jars and jars and ran. They crossed mountains and ridges, and the moon was everywhere. On the rugged mountain road, even four-legged horses could not catch up.

After a period of training, Zhao Zhen's kung fu has recovered slightly. Now he claims to be as light as a swallow, and feels that he can't even catch up with a tiger when he runs, but now he doesn't think so. Because he sees the families and people in the rebel army, when they hear the arrival of the Jin soldiers, men, women, young and old, carrying things weighing more than ten or even dozens of kilograms, and their legs are flying on the rugged high-slope mountain road. Although they also took a break and gasped on the way, they immediately continued to run again. The strength of their perseverance made Zhao Zhen dumbfounded.

Damn, who are these people? They all look thin, but they are all iron-clad? It seems that the head is important. When the head is in danger, both men, women, young and old all put their physical strength and will to the limit. Zhao Zhen sat on the side of the road, stretching his tongue to his breath while sighing.

Zhao Qing'er walked over with a red war horse wrapped in a bunch of packages, carrying a big basket, holding a big flag in her hand, and sweating profusely.

"King Xin Qiansui, you said you should carry the big flag. It's your turn to carry the big flag." "Didn't you see me breathing?" Zhao Zhen glanced at her weakly, then stuck out his tongue and panted.

Zhao Qing'er ignored him, left the flag on his hand, then wiped the sweat beads on his face, and said indignantly: "King Xin Qiansui, you said that you should lead the way, but our Wumashan rebel army, all but you, have no one to carry things except you? You are the most relaxed. Isn't it just raising the flag? Isn't it true that Lord Qiansui doesn't keep his word?"

Hearing her words, Zhao Zhen felt guilty and was short of anger and did not dare to answer. He looked like a prince in front of the rebels, but he really couldn't bear to hold the banner.

"Go away quickly, Your Highness King Xin, the Jin soldiers are coming, everyone is running desperately, why are you still daunting?" Zhao Qing'er said angrily.

Zhao Zhen secretly hated this little girl in his heart and cursed at him while his father and Ma Zheng were absent. The little girl had never seen the world before, and didn't know how powerful the noble Wang Zong was, so she dared to shout at him. In the future, she must not get up with this little girl in a circle.

Thinking to himself, Zhao Zhen stood up staggeringly, raised the banner and shook it at the surrounding rebels, and then stepped forward. When the people and the rebels saw that His Highness King Xin was really keeping his word and said that he had led the lead and carried the banner, and he did what he said. Then, with this in the future, King Xin Qiansui would definitely drive away the Jin soldiers. Thinking of this, the rebels and the people around him ran even more happily, which made Zhao Zhen, who was holding the banner, unable to keep up.

Before he could take two steps, Zhao Zhen cursed and complained. Why did he do such a big flag? It was so tiring to hold such a big flag in his hand. To boost morale, he promised this! This was really torture himself.

He looked up at the flag. This was a big flag sewn by Zhao Qing'er himself, which was many times more powerful than the broken flag he had pieced together. The flag was bigger, the fabric was better, the making was exquisite, and the pattern was exquisite. The yellow flag was embroidered with a four-clawed dragon, and there was the word "King of Xin" with flying dragons in the middle.

Due to the news from the Zhongyi Society's friendly troops from all walks of life, and the decisiveness of Zhao Zhendi and the Wumashan leaders such as Ma Zheng and Zhao Bangjie, the Wumashan rebel army finally successfully escaped the encirclement before the Jin army surrounded him. Just as the rebel army members had just breathed a sigh of relief, the rebel scouts behind him came to report, and the Jin soldiers and cavalry chased after them.

"How many miles away from the Jin soldiers?" Although his white hair was tall and tall, he still looked very energetic.

"The main force of the Jin soldiers is about fifty miles away from us." The rebel scout replied. "How many horse soldiers are there?" "I don't know, but judging from the flying smoke and dust, there are at least two thousand cavalry."

Hearing his words, Ma Zheng took a breath. Two thousand cavalry and Jin soldiers must be elite. They are known as one hundred thousand, but in fact, the rebel soldiers who can fight are probably good enough to gather a few thousand people, and their combat effectiveness is far inferior.

Ma Zheng received a report from the spy and immediately found Zhao Bangjie to discuss countermeasures. Zhao Bangjie thought for a while and immediately ordered Zhao Songyong to set up roadblocks along the mountain roads with two hundred cavalry and two thousand infantry. When he saw a dangerous place, he would ambush or block along the way, and delay the pursuit speed of the enemy cavalry at all costs.

"Order the battalions, no need to hide their traces, and march quickly immediately." Zhao Bangjie ordered loudly: "Do everything you can throw away and move forward as quickly as possible."

With Zhao Bangjie's order, the horns rose into the sky, and the mountains responded for a long time.

After hearing the sound of the horn, Zhao Qing'er looked up in horror and screamed in a low voice, "No, the Jin soldiers are chasing." When Zhao Qing'er said that the Jin soldiers are chasing, Zhao Zhen's face changed immediately. He said, "Where are the Jin soldiers? How many miles away?" Special Forces Crossing the Prince of Song 8

"The horn rings, don't you hear it?" Zhao Qing'er quickly untied the basket and shouted at Zhao Zhen: "Hurry up, take down everything on the horse's back, don't want it anymore, don't want it anymore."

Zhao Zhen was panicked. He thought about how more than 100,000 people could escape the pursuit of Jin soldiers, so he did not move. Shuang'er, who was riding a donkey behind, hurriedly got off the small donkey, ran to Zhao Qing'er, and helped her untied the rope in a mess.

At this time, Zhao Zhen saw people all over the mountains throwing things. When these people left Wuma Mountain, they couldn't bear to leave anything, and they carried all the jars and jars, but now they threw them away without hesitation. Then they ran quickly and gradually formed a torrent that blew down.

Hearing the scout's words, Zhao Bangjie suspected that he had heard it wrong. The strong sense of suffocation made him dizzy, and his tall body couldn't help but shake slightly.

"You...you say it again."

"The Jin army defeated the army of leader Zhao Songyong, whose cavalry was less than thirty miles away from us. Leader Zhao Songyong was collecting the remnants and barely delaying the Jin soldiers." The scouts' eyes showed fear, and the sweat beads on their faces rolled down like rain.

"How is this possible?" Zhao Bangjie slapped his chest and shouted excitedly: "Yesterday Song Yong said that he had blocked the Jin soldiers, why was he defeated overnight?" Of course, the scout could not answer this question, so he could only lower his head and breathe heavily.

Zhao Bangjie walked back and forth with his hands on his back and forth anxiously. The thing he was most worried about was that the Wumashan Rebel Army was trapped in the pursuit of the Jin army.

The more than 2,000 people led by Zhao Songyong were unexpectedly defeated by the Jin soldiers. The only explanation was that the Jurchens knew in advance the movement of the main force of the rebel army and the position of Zhao Songyong blocking the army, so they launched a surprise attack on Zhao Songyong's rebel army.

What should I do now? The Jin soldiers are chasing them at the top of their heads. Once they are caught up by the Jin soldiers and cavalry, the 100,000 people of the Rebel Army will have no way to escape.

"I said, it is safest to stick to it. You just don't listen and insist on going south..." Leader Liu Xi, who was standing beside him, became angry and began to accuse Zhao Bangjie of nonchalance.
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