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Chapter 288 - The Chang'an City

At this moment, Liang Hongyu had already returned to the Tai Yi Feng, and ordered the soldiers to camp here.

This place was densely packed with defenses, as well as a dozen small passes. Since the confrontation, there had been many such passes within a thousand miles.

Just as Liang Hongyu was about to rest, the soldiers below reported that Han Shizhong had arrived.

Liang Hongyu was startled, and immediately went to see Han Shizhong.

"Husband, how did you arrive so quickly?" When he saw Han Shizhong, Liang Hongyu was overjoyed.

Didn't you guys already find the treasure? Why are you still here? " Han Shizhong said in surprise.

"It's a long story!" Liang Hongyu laughed bitterly.

"Oh?" Han Shizhong's face revealed a surprised expression.

Han Shizhong knew that Liang Hongyu must have something on her mind, so he nodded her head.

The pair of husband and wife walked out, and gradually left the military base, entering the depths of the mountains.

"Emperor Xuanwu already knows about the treasure of the Qin Emperor. His army has already arrived in the Southern Mountain, and countless people in the Jiang-Nan Martial Forest have died in the hands of the Emperor Xuanwu. Even the Sword God, Elder Wu Qing and the others have all died! I am afraid that this treasure will no longer belong to us, but to the Emperor Xuanwu! " Snow swirled about as it landed on Liang Hongyu's body. She took a deep breath before speaking slowly.

"You didn't fight for it?" Han Shizhong said.

"I will naturally fight for it!" I will lead five thousand men to this mountain peak. After hearing the news, I'll head there immediately. It's just that halfway through, I met some of the troops under Emperor Xuanwu's command. " Liang Hongyu said.

"Oh? Some soldiers? How many are there? " Han Shizhong said.

"Only a hundred plus people!" I used five thousand people to attack more than one hundred of them. Do you know how many of us were killed? " Liang Hongyu said.

"How many?" Han Shizhong immediately felt that something was amiss.

"We have over three hundred casualties!" Liang Hongyu said.

"What!" Han Shizhong was also shocked, and asked in disbelief.

"You did not hear wrongly, it's three hundred people!" The enemy is only a hundred or so people, and we have surrounded them with more than five thousand people, yet we still lost three hundred people! The enemy's battle power was beyond imagination! Even if it is the Nvzhen, I am afraid they may not be able to catch up! " Liang Hongyu said.

What you have encountered must be some of the strongest troops under the Emperor Xuanwu, which is why they are so powerful! Han Shizhong said.

"I thought so too, but Jiao Wentong said that it was different. He said that all of the armies under the Emperor Xuanwu are the same! On the way back, we also met a few soldiers who were patrolling the area. I asked them, they all said that our army was inferior to the Emperor Xuanwu's army! They also said that Emperor Xuanwu's army trained every day, from morning to night, and only rested for four to six hours per day. The rest of the time was spent training! Every year, from the Spring Festival to the end of the year, they carried out such training, no matter whether it was windy or rainy! Not only that, the Emperor Xuanwu himself would train with the soldiers of the army, eat and sleep together! No one in the Guan Shan does not know about this, no one does not know about it. We, who came from Jiangnan, actually did not know about this. " Liang Hongyu said.

After Han Shizhong heard this, he suddenly felt a chill on his body!

He was an expert in martial arts, and was the strongest person among the young generation in Western Army. But at this moment, this news deeply shocked his heart. He couldn't help but feel a chill run down his spine.

"Now it seems that the destruction of the Emperor Xuanwu in the Western Xia must be true! We are still suspecting it, but Jiao Wentong and the rest do not have any doubts, they are certain that the Western Xia is not a match for the Emperor Xuanwu! How can the troops under the Emperor Xuanwu be so powerful? " Liang Hongyu muttered.

Her face was extremely beautiful, and she wore a red robe. However, at this moment, her face was filled with anxiety and unease.

Ever since she met the patrolling soldiers under Zhao Chen's command, her expression had been like this until now.

"If his underlings were so powerful, he would have long gone east and recaptured Chang'an! "But he hasn't even done that yet!" Han Shizhong said.

I have been thinking about this the entire way here. Firstly, because we have an extremely large number of troops in Chang An, and the Nvzhen also has countless soldiers and horses in Han City and the He Yang area, if he rashly attacks, he will be severely injured, and he does not want to suffer too much damage. Also, he is not very confident in his own strength, and he is not clear on just how powerful he is. Liang Hongyu said.

"He's not confident?" Han Shizhong said, startled.

"That's right, the tiger in the forest was very cautious even when facing a wild donkey, constantly probing it. That's why he dared to make a move, and so did he. Right now, the Emperor Xuanwu was like a tiger in a jungle. Although it was very powerful, it was still very cautious. However, after exterminating Western Xia, he should have a certain understanding of his own strength. Not only him, the entire Xuanwu's imperial government now had a certain understanding of their power. Previously, they had always been on guard, so there was a high chance that they would now focus on attack in the future. They will constantly test and determine our strength, their strength, until they destroy us. We are no match for them at all. " Liang Hongyu said.

Han Shizhong frowned, and did not say a word.

"Husband, where are we going?" Liang Hongyu suddenly said.

"In this chaotic world, everyone is completely helpless! We owe the Emperor Jianyan a great debt, and definitely cannot betray his! You and I will do what we can! As for whether Emperor Xuanwu's army is really that strong, I still need to test it out! Just as you said, they want to test us. We also want to test them! We have to make a judgment based on the strength of both sides! " Han Shizhong said.

Liang Hongyu nodded slightly.

"Either way, you and I will always be together. Regardless of whether the future is good or bad, I will face it together with you. " Han Shizhong said.

Liang Hongyu nodded lightly. She felt an indescribable warmth. Although it was snowing, her heart was abnormally warm.

In the following period of time, Han Shizhong and Liang Hongyu's husband and wife stayed near the Tai Yi Feng. They had indeed probed Zhao Chen's troops, but it was just a small-scale border conflict. In the past two years, such conflicts had been common throughout the borders, and no one had felt that there was anything amiss.

The result of their probing had allowed Han Shizhong and Liang Hongyu to confirm a fact — — Zhao Chen's army was extremely strong, far surpassing their Han Army, and definitely was not inferior to them! Moreover, the population of the Nvzhen is limited, their total troop strength is only around two hundred thousand, but the number of troops under Zhao Chen's command has reached over four hundred thousand! They hadn't even received any news, and didn't know that another three hundred thousand youths of the Production and Construction Corps had entered the army. Currently, the number of troops under Zhao Chen's command had already exceeded seven hundred thousand.

The two of them were extremely worried. On the fifth of November, they received a report that Zong Ze had something important to discuss.

The cold climate of the ancient Guan Shan was comparable to the northeastern part of the later generations.

The road was covered with snow, and the walls of Chang'an City were also covered with snow.

When they saw them arrive, the gates of Chang'an City had already opened, and they headed straight for the City Lord's Mansion.

The Chang'an City Lord's mansion was currently in a rather dilapidated state. After Zong Ze entered, he did not properly clean up the place. There were no maids or servants here, only a few soldiers of the allied army.

Outside, the cold wind was howling, and a fire was burning in the City Lord's Mansion. It was extremely warm.

When Han Shizhong, Liang Hongyu and the rest arrived, Zong Ze, Zhang Jun, Jiao Wentong and the others had already arrived.

"General Han, General Liang, you've come. Please take a seat!" Seeing Han Shizhong, Liang Hongyu and the others had arrived, Zong Ze stood up and said.

Han Shizhong and Liang Hongyu took off their cotton clothes, and sat down, and a few of the rebel soldiers brought their wine over to Han Shizhong and Liang Hongyu.

Han Shizhong frowned, they were never allowed to drink in the Han Army, but thinking that it was Zong Ze and the rest's good intentions, he laughed and followed these people to drink.

"It's getting late, it's already noon! "Why don't we eat together and discuss things? I've already ordered my people to prepare dinner!" Zong Ze said.

"We will do as our lord says!" Han Shizhong and the rest said.

Zong Ze smiled, and then he ordered everyone to start serving the food and meat, and everyone sat together and started eating.

"I received His Majesty's decree a few days ago. His Majesty told us to prepare ourselves and to advance westward at any time." Zong Ze slowly said after a while.

"AHH!" Go west now? The troops under the Emperor Xuanwu are extremely strong and there are many of them. If we go west, we might not be able to win! " Han Shizhong was surprised, and said.

"General Han is overthinking it!" Although their troops are strong, we are not inferior to them! Just a few days ago, Master Zong Ze had just called all the allied army of Henan to head north! Henan Province has nearly a million allied troops. Even when we ambushed the Tongguan and Changan and obtained the Tongguan and Changan's great victory, we didn't use that many troops! In addition, chieftain of the allied army of Hebei also decided to join the Emperor Jianyan. He would also lead three hundred thousand Hebei Army to the south! Also, Shandong's Liu Yu has already agreed to join His Majesty! " Zhang Jun drank a mouthful of strong alcohol, his face flushed red as he laughed.

"Liu Yu?" Han Shizhong could not help but frown.

It was fine that he was Liu Ze, but he was a chieftain of the allied army of Hebei and could be considered famous! All these years, the Jin Army had occupied the Central Plains. However, all the citizens of the Central Plains resisted, as did Hebei! Of course, the strength of the Hebei army was far weaker than that of the eastern army. They were simply incomparable! In recent years, the allied army of Hebei had not attacked on a large scale.

But that Liu Yu was not a small matter, he was a official of the Northern Song Dynasty, a Prefect of Ji Nan! When the Jin Army was heading south, Ji Nan guarded the gate and fought a big battle with the Jin Army. His martial arts were outstanding, but Liu Yu had caused Guan Sheng's death, and then he had opened the city gate and surrendered to the Jin Army! Historically, Liu Yu had been conferred the title of "Great Qi" by the Jinguo and was known throughout history as "Pseudo Qi". As a puppet emperor, he first established the Da Ming Mansion and then established the capital to rule over the lands of Shandong and Henan. Afterwards, he was ousted as King Shu by the Jinguo, and later as King Cao. He was just like Wang Jing Guards during the Japanese invasion, who were all puppets. However, the Jinguo relied on him to control a large portion of the "fake army", using him as a vanguard and using the "fake army" to attack the Northern Song Dynasty. In this era, Liu Yu had not yet been conferred the title of pseudo-emperor by the Jinguo. He was currently the Eastern Ping Prefecture Lord and the Head Supervisor of the Horse Infantry Army.

This was a well-known traitor, this man actually "defected" to the Emperor Jianyan, no matter how he looked at it, it was strange.

"Why did Liu Yu choose to rely on His Majesty? Will his master, the Jinguo, agree? " coldly said.

"General Liang, you don't have to worry about that!" Zhang Jun laughed and said.

These were merely Qin Gui's and Jinguo's interactions. The Jinguo had given a portion of her "fake army" back to Zhao Gou, so they could use this to deal with Zhao Chen together.

"Liu Yu deserves to die a thousand times for his crimes. He has gathered countless bandits and countless rebel soldiers to go against my Song Dynasty. He is my Song Dynasty's mortal enemy! How can we work with him? " Liang Hongyu said.

"This is His Majesty's will. If you are dissatisfied, you can tell His Majesty!" Zhang Jun said coldly.

"Alright, stop arguing! In short, all the allied armies would rush over here, along with Liu Yu's over three hundred thousand soldiers and horses! His Majesty's meaning is that we should start a huge battle with the Emperor Xuanwu and truly eliminate him. " Zong Ze said.

"This time, our numbers are several times that of the Emperor Xuanwu! Adding on the fact that the hatred between Emperor Xuanwu and himself was extremely deep, the Jinguo would probably send troops over as well! At that time, it would be the end of Emperor Xuanwu! This Emperor Xuanwu, I must personally capture him, make him kneel in front of me, and then dismember his body into ten thousand pieces! " Zhang Jun sneered.

A few years ago, not only did he fail to catch Zhao Chen outside of Xiangzhou City, but he was even defeated by Yue Fei. At that time, he already felt that it was a great humiliation. After that, when they had allied with the Nvzhen and advanced westward, they were defeated by Zhao Chen and completely annihilated. Now, Zhang Jun had already treated Zhao Chen as his life's biggest enemy, and vowed to kill him.