C6

Chapter 6 - South Jin Army

Wang De stayed in the scenic garden as he followed the eunuchs and ran towards the Funing Hall.

Zhao Chen practiced martial arts for three months, and with the success of his internal energy, the quality of his body had also improved greatly. The distance from scenic garden to Funing Hall was more than five kilometers. As Zhao Chen ran forward, he gradually left the eunuchs behind. When he arrived at Funing Hall, Zhao Chen's expression did not change and his breathing was extremely normal, as if he was walking slowly to this place.

He waited at the entrance of the Funing Hall for a moment, then a few guards went forward to report. After a while, Zhao Chen finally truly entered the Funing Hall.

At this moment, other than Song Chin Zong Zhao Huan, there were actually dozens of other ministers in Funing Hall.

With the Great Sage and his assistant, Zhang Bangchang, present, and Young Slaughterer, Li Bangyan, these were the two prime ministers of the imperial court. In addition to these two, there were Zhao Ye, Wang Xiaodi, Cai Mao and other powerful officials of the court.

Originally, when Song Huizong was in power, Cai Jing, Gao Xian and the others were in charge of the imperial court. With Song Huizong's abdication, the ministers in the imperial court were all replaced by Zhao Huan's trusted aides. He directly denounced Cai Jing, Gao Ying, and the others as traitors! It was a pity that Cai Jing, Gao Xian and the others were all scoundrels, but Zhao Huan himself had appointed Zhang Bangchang, Li Bangyan and the others to be famous scoundrels!

There were a few loyal subjects in the imperial court, such as Li Gang, Li Ruoshui, Uncle Zhang Ye and the others who were famous throughout history. Now that something important had happened to the country, the Emperor could only discuss the countermeasures with a group of treacherous officials.

Seeing Zhao Chen coming in, Zhao Huan nodded to him, signaling Zhao Chen to stand by his side.

"Father, what happened? However... Jin Army went south? " Zhao Chen asked anxiously.

"That's right!" Song Chin Zong nodded, his expression heavy.

Zhao Chen's heart tensed up. Even though he had already known that the Jin Army would head south, he still didn't know what to do when this actually happened!

"My dear sirs, please tell us how we are going to deal with the situation in front of us." Song Chin Zong looked down and said.

"Your Majesty, do you remember when the Song Dynasty was established?" Zhang Bangchang stood out and said.

"The beginning of the founding of the country?" Zhao Huan stared blankly for a moment, and said: "What is it that you're talking about?"

Zhang Bangchang said: "Your Majesty, when we first established our country, my Song Dynasty and the Liao Country were on bad terms, and the Liao clan often went south. Every time they came down south, they would become famous for their 'lawnmowing valley', and would only plunder at the border for a while, before quickly leaving! Right now, the Jinguo is the same as the Liao Country, also a barbarian. Their thoughts must be the same, and they must be going south for the 'Grass Valley', so there's no need for them to worry! "

Song Chin Zong nodded. Although the ministers beside them were terrified, they also nodded their heads.

Zhao Chen could not hold it in anymore and said: "If Jin Army descends all the way to the outskirts of Kaifeng City, what should we do?"

Zhang Bangchang laughed: "Your Highness, there is no need to worry! In fact, the last time the Jin Army went south, they had surrounded Kai Feng. In order to prevent such a thing from happening again, the imperial government had already heavily invested troops into the three towns in the north. The three towns in the north will definitely be able to stop the footsteps of the Jin Army, making it hard for the Jin Army to continue heading south! "

"Three towns in the north?" Zhao Chen was startled.

He had learned some historical knowledge, but his knowledge of ancient geography was still limited.

"The three northern towns are Taiyuan, Zhongshan, and Riverside! The three cities connected together and formed a line at the northern plain. The Jin Army could only continue south after breaking through the three towns in the north! And the three cities are exceptionally sturdy, with heavy soldiers stationed there, and the Jin Army is a barbarian. They don't even have any weapons, so it is impossible for them to fight against the three cities! " Zhang Bangchang said.

Zhao Chen frowned, he did not know how powerful the three northern towns were, but he knew that the Jin Army used only three months to break through from the north all the way to Kaifeng, and the three northern towns definitely did not have much use for it!

In truth, the three towns in the north had played a role in history, especially the Taiyuan City!

In the year of the Southern Northern Song, there were two famous cities that had fought for thousands of years without dying. One was the last year of the Southern Song Dynasty's fishing city, and the other was the current Taiyuan City of the Northern Song Dynasty. The former was famous for killing the Great Khan of Mongolia, while the latter was famous for its tenacity. In the early days of the Northern Song Dynasty, Zhao Kuangyin used the entire nation's army to attack the Taiyuan City. After that, Zhao Guangyi ascended to the throne. He used a million troops, and just the number of crossbow archers exceeded 500 thousand. He surrounded Taiyuan City with the entire nation's manpower and resources, but it still took him nearly a year to capture the Taiyuan City. When the Jin Army invaded the south, all the important towns in the north fell. Only the Taiyuan City stayed put. Jin Army had been besieging Taiyuan City from the very first time they came down south. Until now, Taiyuan City had already been surrounded by Jin Army for more than half a year. In this half a year, the Taiyuan City did not receive any assistance from just one soldier, and continued to resist. After that, the most important reason for the fall of the Taiyuan City was because of hunger. The Taiyuan City was carried by the hungry, and all the edible things in the Taiyuan City had already been eaten.

They had already lost contact with the Taiyuan City for more than half a year, but they still viewed the Taiyuan City as one of the barriers to the north.

"Therefore, there is no need for Your Majesty, His Highness the Crown Prince and the ministers to worry! The Jin Army only went south to hunt the Grass Valley, and even if they didn't, it would be difficult for them to conquer the three towns in the north! "We can just relax!" Zhang Bangchang said with a face full of smiles.

"What if the three northern towns are taken?" Zhao Chen said again.

"Your highness, the Crown Prince, you worry too much!" Your highness is young, and your heart is terrified, this is normal! " Zhang Bangchang disapproved.

"You!" Zhao Chen was enraged, he wished that he could charge forward and kick this historical scoundrel down to the ground.

"Alright, Chen Er, you are indeed young! Now that you're only ten years old, what do you know? " The Song Chin Zong said.

"Father, this son has something to say!" Zhao Chen said.

"What else do you have to say? "Just say it!" Zhao Huan frowned and said.

"royal father, the Jin Army is powerful. The three northern towns might not be able to stop the Jin Army! If the Jin Army went south and surrounded Kaifeng, wouldn't the country be in danger? "Therefore, for the sake of our social skills, I think we should not put too much trust in the three northern towns. We still need to take other measures!" Zhao Chen said.

"Oh? Other measures? Tell me about it! " Zhao Huan said.

"We should move our capital!" Zhao Chen said.

"What?" Move to the capital? " Zhao Huan stood there in a daze, and not only Zhao Huan, Zhang Bangchang and the other officials were also stunned.

"That's right!" Exodus! When the Tang Dynasty was flourishing, An Lushan rebelled. Didn't Emperor Tang Minghuang retreat to Sichuan and drive away An Lushan afterwards? We can also move our capital and temporarily avoid the edge of the Jin Army. Afterwards, we can unite the entire nation's forces and fight the Jin Army to the death! " Zhao Chen said.

This was an idea that Zhao Chen had thought of in the past few days! Since the Jin Army is strong and difficult to resist, we might as well move to a capital! Be it Sichuan, Jiangnan, or even the west, they could temporarily evade Jin Army's attacks. They would talk about the rest later! Even though he had been the crown prince for three months, he was still a student. Right now, he only wanted to protect his own life! As for what he should do in the future, he had yet to go to that place! From his point of view, the capital would definitely protect his life!

"Ridiculous!" Your Highness, you have made a big fuss over nothing! " One of the ministers standing below said in a cold voice.

The official's name was Liu Dong, but he was a loyal official. When Song Huizong was at the throne, he had once scolded Cai Jing, Gao Ying, and the others. When Liu Dong heard that the Crown Prince wanted to 'move to the capital', he thought to himself, 'how cowardly and cowardly the Crown Prince is!' In his mind, although the Jin Army had gone south, they had only attacked a few small cities in the north. They were still more than 3000 miles away from Kaifeng, and now that the Crown Prince was trying to hide, how could he be the king of a country?

"Chen Er, you can no longer talk about moving to a new city! If I move under the threat of an outsider, how much infamy would I leave behind in the history books? How would she explain this to her descendants in the future? Didn't I also become the same as Tang Minghuang, the Dumb Monarch? " The Song Chin Zong said.

He was afraid that he would leave a 'stain' on history, but he did not know that the two emperors had been taken prisoner. This was an unprecedented humiliation in the history of China! In history, his evaluation was far inferior to Tang Minghuang's! In the early stage of Emperor Ming's plan, he slowly lost consciousness, causing the Tang Dynasty to turn from prosperous to weak. But even so, he still had achievements, unlike the Song Chin Zong, which did not leave behind anything good, there was no positive evaluation in the history books!

"Father, think again!" Zhao Chen said anxiously.

"Men, bring the crown prince down!" Zhao Huan shook his head and said.

Once again, Zhao Chen was "invited" out by the guards …

Deep in the night, in the Eastern Palace, a candle was lit!

Zhao Chen sat in front of the table, his heart not feeling the slightest bit sleepy! There were still two eunuchs and two maids in the room.

Zhao Chen was extremely confused, but he couldn't think of a way to leave the Kaifeng City.

"Your Highness, it's already late, how about you rest first?" After a long while, the eunuch at the side reminded.

"Rest? How do I sleep now? " Zhao Chen laughed bitterly.

It wasn't easy to come to this era, and it had only been three months, and he was already facing death?

The night was getting darker, and from the distance came a mournful cry that sounded like the cry of a child, causing those who heard it to feel a chill in their hearts.

"What is that sound?" Zhao Chen said.

"Your Highness, this is the voice of a wild cat called Spring!" Rest quickly! " The eunuch said.

"Wildcats are called 'Spring'..." This thought only flashed through his mind, but just as he was about to get up, he was stunned!