C9

Chapter 9 - Emergency Response

"Your Highness, it is already deep in the night, so we cannot leave the palace! We won't be able to find the General Wang! " A eunuch hesitated for a moment before speaking.

Only then did Zhao Chen come back to his senses. Right now, it was already night, the palace gates were tightly shut, and unless there was an imperial decree, no one could leave the palace!

"What should I do? What should he do? How is Wang De's preparation going? "

Zhao Chen was anxious as he paced back and forth in the room. The rain outside made him even more agitated. Occasionally, there would be flashes of lightning, lighting up the entire room, but Zhao Chen felt fear in his heart!

Early in the morning on the second day, the Song Chin Zong once again gathered a group of officials to discuss the southern invasion of the Jin Army.

It was just that this time, whether it was the Song Chin Zong or the various ministers, they were all feeling a lot more anxious! Now that the three northern towns had been conquered, they also felt a great sense of pressure!

As the crown prince, Zhao Chen did not participate in the assembly this time. Originally, Song Chin Zong allowed Zhao Chen to participate in the assembly so that he could broaden his horizons. Unexpectedly, Zhao Chen continued to say some absurd things, which made Song Chin Zong unhappy. He was afraid that Zhao Chen would say something ridiculous that would make it difficult for him and the ministers to step down from the stage, so he did not call Zhao Chen over.

"Zhang Aiqing, didn't you say that the three towns in the north can definitely stop the Jin Army? "It's only been a little more than a month, but the three northern towns have all fallen. What do you say?" Song Chin Zong looked down at Zhang Bangchang, and said with an angry face.

"Your Majesty, I … I never thought that the protectors of the three northern towns would be so useless! The three towns in the north are impregnable, but the protectors with the slightest bit of ability, the tiniest bit of integrity, will not fall! " Zhang Bangchang was sweating profusely! To be honest, breaking through the three towns in the north was something that the Jin Army did not expect! He could not imagine, that even with the mountains and rivers, the Taiyuan City was still trapped there for half a year, and yet they did not send a single soldier, nor gave a single grain, how could they expect the Taiyuan City to continue to hold on?

"Well, now is not the time to discuss sin! Tell me, how do you plan to deal with the Jin Army now? " Song Chin Zong suppressed the anger and terror in his heart, as his voice slowly calmed down and said.

"Your Majesty, there are still an army of teachers in Hebei! The path of teachers is the strongest in the Western Army, and the seed army is also the strongest army, they might be able to hold off the Jin Army! " The Military Department's Minister, Sun Fu, stood up and said.

"The path of a teacher..." seed army! " Song Chin Zong nodded lightly.

The army of Song Dynasty was split into two parts, the and the fighting strength of the army was limited, all these years the Western Army had been fighting in the east! The Western Army had once confronted the Western Xia for many years, and had victory or defeat against the Western Xia. There were countless factions within the Western Army, the largest of which was the seed army!

This family was a family of generals from the northwest. For over a hundred years, from the seed of the world to the seed teacher, famous family generals had appeared! Right now, he was a teacher in charge of the Western Army and was a herald of the Northwest Classic. Lu Zhizhen, Yang Zhi and the others in the water marsh were all under the tutelage of "the old people's classics are slightly fair". Countless heroes often mentioned that "the old people's classics are slightly fair". After the first time that the Jin Army went south, they were sent to Hebei to instruct the others. A hundred thousand seed army followed the path of the teachers and stayed in Hebei!

Thinking about the teachers, Song Chin Zong calmed down a little.

But right at this moment, a clamor sounded out from the entrance of the Funing Hall. It sounded like someone was shouting something.

"What happened?" Song Chin Zong asked anxiously.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, someone from Privy Council has brought troops from Hebei, saying that they have urgent military matters to report to Your Majesty and the ministers!" The guard at the door ran in and said.

"Emergency military situation? Fast! "Announce!" The Song Chin Zong asked anxiously.

A moment later, an official of the Privy Council led a few ordinary soldiers into the Funing Hall. The soldiers looked abnormally miserable. It was unknown how long it had been since their faces had been washed, but they were now completely black in color. Their clothes were all covered in dust! There were wounds all over their bodies, but they were already scabbed. Some of the wounds on their faces looked exceptionally horrifying! Their expressions were exceptionally tired. It was unknown how long they had not rested for!

"This humble subject pays his respect to Your Majesty!" The official of Privy Council and a few soldiers all knelt down, and said in unison.

"Which army are you from?" When they finally finished kneeling, the Song Chin Zong asked anxiously.

"Your majesty, we are soldiers under the Western Army, masters of the Dao!" A soldier stood up and said.

"It's actually the path of a teacher?" Song Chin Zong was shocked. He had a bad premonition.

"Quickly tell me, how is seed army doing? Jin Army will go south, do you guys want to meet them? " Zhang Bangchang asked loudly.

"We... We've met the Jin Army! " The soldier said.

"Oh? You really met the Jin Army? Then did you block the Jin Army? " Zhang Bangchang said again.

A few soldiers had hesitant and ashamed expressions on their faces. Song Chin Zong immediately knew that it was not good when he saw their expressions.

Taking a deep breath, the Song Chin Zong asked: "Did you guys block the Jin Army?"

He was still the same soldier who spoke earlier. He kneeled down and cried, "Your Majesty, we deserve to die a thousand times for our crimes! Jin Army is exceptionally fierce, we seed army are not their match! Our one hundred thousand seed army s have been defeated by less than ten thousand Nvzhen s, we are almost completely annihilated! Lord Wu gathered the handicapped veterans and led them all the way back! At that time, the army was in chaos. No one knew if they could retreat to the other side of the Yellow River or return to Kaifeng! Lord Tree ordered us to bring a message to His Majesty! "

"What message?" The Song Chin Zong asked anxiously.

"Lord Seedling said … That the Jin Army was approaching in full fury, it was completely different from the last time! They are no longer trying to test the strength of my Song Dynasty, they are trying to destroy my country … He asked you to. Escape Kaifeng at once and seek refuge in Chang'an! If she stayed here, she would only die! He said that with my Song Dynasty's military strength, no army will be able to stop my Jin Army! " cried the soldier.

"What?" Song Chin Zong was stunned!

The seed army was the strongest army in the Song Dynasty, and the teachers were the strongest generals, yet they could not even withstand a single blow from the Jin Army? A hundred thousand seed army s were actually beaten up by ten thousand Jin Army s? In the past, he had heard that women were truly undefeatable. He thought that it was just an exaggeration, but to think that it was actually true!

As for the matter of escaping from Kaifeng and heading to Chang'an, it was exactly the same as what the Crown Prince had said that day. In order to prevent the history book from having any 'stains' on it, Song Chin Zong would never do this! He was an indecisive person, in his opinion, "reputation" was more important! Furthermore, he did not think that the Kaifeng City was unable to stop the Jin Army!

"We still have the Yellow River at stake! Right, there was also the risk of the Yellow River! Relying on the dangers of the Yellow River, we can block Jin Army! " Zhao Huan lowered his head to think for a moment, and said suddenly.

"Your Majesty is right, we still have the Yellow River as a risk!" The Jin Army is full of cavalry, if they cross the river, we can attack them halfway, making it hard for them to cross! " Hearing Song Chin Zong's words, Zhang Bangchang anxiously agreed.

"Do we still have an available army?" Zhao Huan said.

"Your Majesty, there are still more than 200,000 people in Western Army! Especially the Prefecture Overseer, Zhe Keqiu and Zhe Yanzhi, the father and son. Their over a hundred thousand Home Breaker s are currently near the Tongguan and can come to the southern shore of the Yellow River at any time to stop the Jin Army! " Sun Fu said.

"Men, announce it immediately …. was ordered to defend the Yellow River. Zhe Keqiu and Zhe Yanzhi were ordered to lead 150 thousand troops to guard the shores of the Yellow River in Shaanxi Province. Zhao Huan anxiously said.

"Your Majesty, I am afraid it will be difficult to stop Jin Army with just Home Breaker! The Four Great Commanders of the world! " Shaojie Li Bangyan said.

The first time the Jin Army went south, he declared a state of emergency. The Song Chin Zong panicked and divided the world into four paths, namely, the north road of Da Ming Mansion Zhao Ye, the west road of Henan Province's Duke Xiang, the south road of Dunzhou Zhang Ye, and the south road of Heaven Palace Hu Zhi and the children's Head of Heavenly Palace. These four recruitment armies were all responsible for the Du Clan Residence that was established in the Deng Prefecture, and Kang Wang Zhao Zhuang was appointed as the Du Clan Master by Zhao Huan at that time, in charge of specific matters! Zhao Gou was still in Deng Prefecture, and there were still four things left in the world.

"That's right, immediately give the order to let the four diligent kings of the world know!" The Song Chin Zong asked anxiously.

After making all these decisions, Song Chin Zong finally felt relieved. It was no longer like having a giant rock pressing on his heart!

It was already afternoon and the officials were all leaving. Song Chin Zong thought of Crown Prince Zhao Chen and asked, "What has the Crown Prince been doing these past few days?"

"The Crown Prince has always been learning martial arts under the Imperial Guard Wang De! Even these few days he had been practicing diligently! His Highness the Crown Prince said that only by practicing martial arts would one be able to reclaim the country. If one does not learn martial arts, one might not even be able to protect himself. " Eunuch Liu who was sent to deliver the order to Zhao Chen several times said.

"This Chen Er, ever since sshe lost her memories, her personality has greatly changed, to actually say such absurd things! He is the crown prince, and in a hundred years, he will be the emperor! Did they still need the Emperor herself to go up to reclaim the mountains and rivers? He has so many guards by her side, don't tell me he still needs to train in martial arts to protect herself? " The Song Chin Zong laughed.

"Your Majesty, should we stop the Crown Prince from continuing to practice martial arts?" Eunuch Liu said.

"That's not necessary! As he was currently practicing martial arts, he had something to do to prevent him from talking nonsense elsewhere! After a while, when Jin Army leaves, I will find him a suitable teacher to teach him! " Song Chin Zong said.

At this moment, Zhao Chen was with Wang De.

It was still raining outside, and they were all sitting in the East Palace.

Zhao Chen asked: How's the matter?

Wang De said: "Your Highness, this general has indeed found such a child. But, Your Highness, what exactly do you want to do? "

"Do you have any way of bringing the child into the palace?" Zhao Chen did not answer Wang De's question, but asked.

"Bring him to the palace?" Wang De was stunned.

After a long while, Wang De shook his head and said: "This general does not have that kind of ability!"

How heavily guarded was the palace! This was a place where true experts were as common as the clouds! It was difficult for a fly to fly in. How could he bring a child into the palace?

Actually, Zhao Chen's idea was also very simple. He wanted to use a child as his substitute! At that time, if the Jin Army surrounded Kai Feng, the Kaifeng City would break down, and the Jin Army would let the crown prince go, he only needed to hand over the child! As for whether the child was alive or dead, he couldn't care less.

"Aren't you an Innate Ranker? Could it be that even an Innate Ranker could not bring him into the palace? " Zhao Chen said.

"The palace is tightly guarded. There are no blind spots! Even if Innate Rankers were to barge into the palace, they would only be able to die. It is likely that only Grandmasters of the Xiantian Full Circle are able to enter the palace silently! " Wang De shook his head.

"Damn it!" Zhao Chen scolded himself.