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Chapter 51 - Dazhang Pass

"It has been hard for Your Highness to come all the way from Kaifeng!" Wu Jie stood up, he was also sizing up Zhao Chen, after a moment, he laughed.

In his opinion, the Crown Prince was different from the masses. Even though he was escaping, the Crown Prince was still graceful. He didn't look like someone who was escaping, but more like a young master who came here on his travels!

"I was forced to flee all the way here. What else can I do?" Zhao Chen laughed bitterly and said, "General Wu, back then when Kaifeng, royal father had also mentioned your name!"

Since he had already heard of Wu Jie's name and attributed it to Song Chin Zong, at this moment, Zhao Chen's thoughts moved and he once again started on this topic.

"Oh, His Majesty has mentioned the name of this lowly general?" Wu Jie was also in disbelief, as he said: "This lowly general is just a lowly deputy general, to actually be able to go up to the heavens and listen?"

"This …" Wu Jie stood there in a daze, after a while, he said with excitement: "Did His Majesty really say it like that?"

Zhao Chen said: "I am the Crown Prince, would I lie to you?!"

Wu Jie was stunned for a moment, then laughed out loud: "Your Majesty actually thinks so highly of this lowly general, this lowly general naturally will not disappoint Your Majesty! This general assures His Highness that, with this general at Monk Yuan, Jin Army will definitely not take another step forward! With General Mu here, His Royal Highness will no longer have to flee! "

Regarding Wu Jie's words, Zhao Chen was skeptical, but he still nodded and said: "Alright, I'll believe you then! "General Wu, although this is our first time meeting each other, I feel as if we've met again at first sight. Don't let me down!"

Wu Jie said: "Of course, I will definitely not disappoint Your Highness! Your Highness, ahead is the main position of the original monk, I am going to attack the Jin Army there! Although I only have a few thousand troops under my command, but Nvzhen won't let a hundred thousand soldiers and horses pass from the front! It is night now, so it will be difficult to go up. Your Highness, why don't I send someone to escort you to the Dazhang Pass first? You just wait here in the Dazhang Pass for the good news of defeating the Jin Army! "

Wu Jie's personality was different from the others, his words were filled with confidence! Zhao Chen knew of Wu Jie's great name, and didn't feel anything in his heart. On the other hand, Li Gang, Li Ruoshui and the others were stunned, they had never thought that Wu Jie was actually this arrogant!

Imagine that Wu Jie only had 5,000 men, and behind him was a true female army of tens of thousands! A woman truly couldn't be defeated, let alone tens of thousands. Even the genuine Western Army generals like, Yao Gu and his master were not a match for the Nvzhen. How could he be that capable of making the battle seem so simple and so confident?

At this moment, Li Gang and Li Ruoshui were already treating Wu Jie as a different Zhe Yanzhi, and in their hearts, Wu Jie was not even comparable to Zhe Yanzhi! Zhe Yanzhi, after all, was born in a military family, and had brought fifty thousand Home Breaker to fight the Nvzhen, but Wu Jie only had five thousand new soldiers! The Home Breaker was a famous faction within the Western Army. They had once fought against the Western Xia Army and also defeated the Western Xia Army, while Wu Jie's new army had only been trained for less than two years. Compared to the other two, Wu Jie was far inferior to Zhe Yanzhi!

"General Wu, let's not waste time here!" Your Highness's identity is too precious, we have to immediately bring Your Highness to the Dazhang Pass, goodbye! " Li Gang cupped his hands and said.

Wu Jie naturally did not recognize Li Gang's identity, but to be able to follow beside Zhao Chen, he was definitely not an ordinary person! Immediately, Wu Jie cupped his hands together, and revealed a smile: "Your Highness, please wait here in Dazhang Pass for news of me! Other than that, my brother Wu Lin is also in the Dazhang Pass! When we came to this place from Sichuan, we knew that the Dazhang Pass had decided to stay safe. When we found out that the Jin Army was about to head west, I brought over 4000 people to the Celestial Sect of Monks, while my brother Wu Lin led 1000 people to guard the Dazhang Pass! Now that the Home Breaker has arrived, please inform my brother to come as well! This Dazhang Pass, we will teach it to him! "

Zhao Chen smiled and nodded. At the moment, it was inconvenient for him to continue speaking with Wu Jie, he immediately brought his people and continued to walk forward! Along the way, they passed by the main base of the Monk Origin and discovered that it was indeed abnormally steep. There was only one path that could be passed by the main base! After passing through the small path, the road finally became gentle!

"This Wu Jie, is truly arrogant to the extreme! Your Highness, you must not believe his lies! He definitely cannot stop the Jin Army, we need to properly defend the Dazhang Pass! " At this moment, Li Gang finally spoke.

"I don't know why, but in my heart, I believe him." Zhao Chen shook his head and said.

"Your Highness, people should know their own worth! Zhe Yanzhi didn't even know his own limitations. He had brought fifty thousand Home Breaker s to face the Female Genuine Cavalry head-on, but in the end, he was defeated without any effort from the Female Genuine Cavalry! Right now, Wu Jie did not know his own limits. He was just a mere vice general, with only a few thousand soldiers and horses, yet he had the delusions of blocking the female army of tens of thousands! Your Highness, do you think that is possible? " Li Ruoshui said.

"Let's wait and see!" Zhao Chen was also a little doubtful in his heart. It was simply because there were too few soldiers under Wu Jie's command. However, Wu Jie's reputation in history was just too great, he practically did not lose in history! He was the first person in the Southern Song Dynasty to have been bestowed the position of throttling because of his military exploits. In the end, his military exploits were too outstanding, and as a result, he was given the title of Fengning, Baoding, and Military Two Town. He and his brother Wu Lin were dubbed kings at the same time because of their achievements. With the two brothers here, the Jin Army would always go south and take down the Guan Shan, making it difficult for them to carry out their strategic plans from the Guan Shan to Sichuan and from Sichuan to Jiangnan.

Even if such a peerless general, who was comparable to Yue Fei in all of history, was allowed to only have a few thousand men and horses under his command, Zhao Chen would have no choice but to believe in him!

But Yue Fei was upright, he paid attention to loyalty and righteousness, his way of doing things was rigid and inflexible. In this aspect, Wu Jie was completely different from him! Wu Jie's personality was lively, he had a good relationship with the ministers and officials of the imperial court, and had enjoyed a lifetime of prosperity!

This Dazhang Pass was the same as the other two, they were both located in the middle of the mountains! From afar, the mountain range was extremely steep, with layers upon layers of mountains! This place was the same as the Tongguan. It was a 'one on one' pass, a place where all the warriors of the Tongguan would fight for it. It guarded the central and main roads of Sichuan, and since ancient times, it had always been the throat of the Guan Shan.

"Your Highness, we have already sent someone to inform the garrison in Dazhang Pass that the door will soon open!" Li Gang said as he came to the bottom of the Dazhang Pass.

Zhao Chen nodded, and after less than half a quarter of an hour, the doors opened, and countless soldiers came out from the Dazhang Pass, kneeling in front of Zhao Chen!

The leader of the group was Wu Jie's brother, Wu Lin, he looked somewhat similar to Wu Jie, but he was completely refined! These two brothers were both scholars back in the day. When the Western Xia invaders invaded, they had no choice but to join the army. In history, Wu Lin's official position had even surpassed his elder brother's. Later on, Wu Lin was conferred the title of Tutor, and even after Wu Lin died, he was bestowed the title of Grand Tutor! Both of them were people with outstanding military achievements!

"General Wu Lin, your brother is currently waiting for you in front of the monk. As for the Dazhang Pass, leave it to him! " Zhao Chen said.

"Yes, this lowly general will lead the troops to Monk Yuan now!" Wu Lin nodded without hesitation.

To be honest, Wu Lin was also very worried about his brother's safety! The two brothers had trained a total of more than 5000 soldiers. Because they had to defend the Dazhang Pass, they sent more than 1000 soldiers over to protect him, causing Wu Lin to be extremely worried about Wu Jie's lack of manpower.

Now that he had received the crown prince's order, Wu Lin immediately gathered all of his troops and led them towards the direction of the Monk's origin.

"This army is very powerful!" When I came here from the Xiangzhou, all the troops that I have seen along the way could not even compare to this army! " Yue Fei suddenly said.

"They seem to be different from the others. In just a quarter of an hour, they have already lined up and moved towards the monk's original position! If you are a Home Breaker, it is impossible for you to not have two hours! " At this time, Li Gang also voiced out his surprise.

"These two are famous generals of the Southern Song Dynasty, how could they be weak?" Zhao Chen secretly thought.

"Your Highness, let's enter the Dazhang Pass!" Li Gang said.

They had finally entered the Dazhang Pass's fortress. At this point, they finally stopped and did not continue their journey!

Zhao Chen, Li Gang and the rest had not rested for a few days, and were extremely exhausted. However, Nvzhen was not far away from the north, so it was not the time for them to rest now! Zhao Chen and the others first ordered them to prepare food, after which they continued to discuss about the outcome of the battle. Although Zhao Chen was incomparably confident in Wu Jie, he had too few subordinates. He had to consider what he would do if Wu Jie lost, and whether or not they could protect Dazhang Pass!

During this day, there was no news from Monk Yuan. It seemed that the Nvzhen had not arrived yet.

It was just that at night, a clamor came from below Dazhang Pass, and countless soldiers rushed below Dazhang Pass. They were Home Breaker's troops!