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The Filature of the Song

It is said that after Du Chong arrived at Yanling City, he drove out Wang Sheng, the Black Dragon of Han Shizhong's unit, who had been stationed here. Now, Li Qiong, a fellow townsman of Du Chong, Yue Fei, Zhang Yong, Kong Yanzhou, and others, is responsible for the defense of Yanling City.

As for Li Qiong, his experiences up to this point actually have a 'protagonist vibe'.

Firstly, although this person loves archery and horsemanship, and is known for his martial prowess, he is a state student by origin... This identity stemmed from a seemingly correct reform by Cai Jing, which established universal official schools in various regions, with county schools, state schools, and the Imperial Academy forming a three-tiered system. Students were selected based on examination results, and those with multiple excellent scores in the Imperial Academy could be directly appointed as officials without taking the imperial examinations.

In other words, before the arrival of the chaotic times, this Commander Li had a diploma and a good background, making his image much better compared to the likes of Yue Fei, a peasant, Han Shizhong, a military rascal, Li Yanxian, a fugitive, and many other colleagues who were military bandits or thieves.

Secondly, as mentioned earlier, Xiangzhou, in this era, whether good or bad, produced many talents. Li Qiong, who was both literary and martial, good at socializing, and clearly from a decent family, naturally possessed a network of connections.

However, among all these connections, the most obvious and valuable one was his being a student of Zong Ze, Zong Rulin, who happened to be the prefect of Xiangzhou when he was a state student. As a student of Xiangzhou State School, Li Qiong could naturally claim to be a disciple of Zong Ze, which was a tremendous advantage during the Jingkang and Jianyan years.

In fact, Li Qiong initially made his debut in Zong Ze's army as a student of Zong Ze. Early on, he had even returned to the occupied Xiangzhou alone and pulled out a private army of about seven or eight hundred men, using it as his personal force before continuing to follow Zong Ze.

Moreover, during the last Jin army invasion, the battle between the Tokyo Garrison Command and the Jin army took place in Huazhou, where he had been stationed at the time. Therefore, he accumulated enough military merits and gained enough battlefield experience. After the war, he became a commander, consistently valued by Zong Ze and regarded highly by the Tokyo Garrison Command.

Now that Zong Ze is ill and his fellow townsman Du Chong has taken over, not only has he not fallen into obscurity, but he has even been directly promoted to Commander, becoming the actual controller of the most core force in the Tokyo Garrison Command, and Du Chong's 'second favorite general' to balance Yue Fei, the 'chief favorite general', possessing his own unique position and considerable military power.

As for the discord between Li Qiong and Yue Fei this time, it stems in part from this... He understands Du Chong's needs, which is why he is at odds with Yue Fei.

In essence, there is no personal animosity or true conflict between them.

Therefore, when Yue Fei suddenly led his troops into the city, first 'peacefully' controlled a city gate, and then immediately led the Tabai Army towards the county yamen where Du Chong was stationed, the alarmed Li Qiong immediately fell into panic and hesitation.

He couldn't help but react this way, because the first reaction of the Commander, who controlled the military power of Yanling City, was that Yue Fei was going to stage a 'military remonstrance'!

And if Yue Fei were to stage a 'military remonstrance', what should he, Li Qiong, do?

Du Chong is his benefactor, that's true, but Li Qiong, as the defender of Yanling, knows better than anyone how derelict he has been these days. Yue Fei is his 'political enemy', but in reality, there is no genuine conflict between them. On the contrary, since Yue Pengju crossed the battle line and led his troops back to Tokyo, he has felt a certain degree of admiration and gratitude in his heart...

But no matter what, now that Yue Fei is about to rebel against his superiors, what should he do?

Mobilize immediately and fight Yue Fei in a bloody battle? Aside from the fact that it would be helping a tyrant, if he couldn't handle it, the entire army would fall into infighting, and if the Jin people were drawn in, all the troops of the Tokyo Garrison Command would be lost here!

Or pretend not to know anything and sit back and watch Yue Fei succeed?

But Yue Fei couldn't possibly succeed. This man came to remonstrate because he wanted to fight, but even if he really controlled Du Chong, what would this Protector Yue use to order Wang Yan and Ma Gao to send their troops to the front line? Du Chong, though derelict, is the recognized leader within the Tokyo Garrison Command and the imperial court, with official rank, seniority, and the righteousness of the imperial court.

Yue Fei has none of that! And at least half of those so-called ten Commanders, including Ma Gao, harbor malicious intentions, or at the very least, want to preserve their strength.

Moreover, since Yue Fei wanted to stage a military remonstrance, why didn't he learn from the last time and connect with others beforehand? At least ask him first! Why did he suddenly lead his troops into the city?

But there was no time to think too much, because Li Qiong soon realized that if he continued to sit idly by, others might be fine, but he, the defender of Yanling, would definitely be held accountable as an accomplice of Yue Fei afterwards!

This time, the young Li Qiong was truly panicked.

In a game, this would be a typical case of being ambushed and thrown into confusion and panic.

However, as it turned out, neither Yue Pengju nor someone else could ignore this Li Qiong.

"An imperial decree?"

Inside a large house in the west of the city, which served as the headquarters of the central army, Li Qiong, who had just fallen into confusion and didn't know how to respond, stared blankly at the junior officer who came to report, and then became furious. "What imperial decree? It can't be from the Acting Commander! Others may not know my benefactor's health, but don't I know? I might have to wear mourning clothes after this battle, how could there be an imperial decree from my benefactor?"

At this point, Li Qiong was about to scold the messenger and send him away, but he hesitated for a moment, thinking of luring the messenger, who looked like Li Kui, into his presence and capturing him, so that he could defend himself in the future. But then, on second thought, he felt that Yue Fei's move might be giving him a way out... He was deceived by Yue Fei's fake imperial decree, and that would be an explanation in the future.

And with this thought, even though he had just finished scolding, he ordered the messenger to enter, as if possessed by a ghost, which made the junior officer who came to report feel baffled.

"Rebelling against superiors is an unforgivable crime, what else does Protector Yue have to say?" Seeing Li Kui enter first, Li Qiong took on an indignant expression, and more than a dozen generals and soldiers in the room, who had been forewarned, all shook their armor and drew their swords.

However, Li Kui entered the door and ignored the others, and even turned a blind eye to the soldiers who drew their swords.

Moreover, he actually stood sideways next to a soldier holding a sword at the door, standing upright with his hand on the sword, as if he was a guard, causing everyone in the room to look at Li Qiong again.

Before Li Qiong could speak, another person, who could not hide the fatigue on his face, but could not hide his scholarly and noble aura even more, entered with his head held high, wearing a scarlet official robe.

Seeing the second person come in, Li Qiong's air of bravado completely disappeared. Having been a student for many years, and having seen many dignitaries in the officialdom, he almost instinctively wanted to get up to welcome him.

But there was no time for that. The person who came towards him spoke, completely shocking Li Qiong in his seat:

"I am Lin Jingmo, a *jinshi* graduate from the Zhenghe period, who served as the Prefect of Shouchun Prefecture at the end of Jingkang and the beginning of Jianyan, and now serve as a Hanlin Academician, in charge of inner edicts... The Emperor has an oral decree: Commander Li Qiong of the Tokyo Garrison Command, immediately assist Yue Fei, the Pacification Commissioner of Jizhou, in consolidating the city defense and pacifying the people, and then follow me quickly to the yamen in the city to meet the Emperor!"

Li Qiong was once again dumbfounded, feeling that today's events were completely absurd!

But seeing the person in front of him standing there with his head held high, he could not say a word of rebuttal, because his knowledge and experience told him that this person was a real Hanlin Academician, and that he was the most trusted Little Academician Lin by the Emperor's side, as rumored. Therefore, what he said must be true... Moreover, Yue Fei's sudden absurd actions had a completely reasonable explanation.

Everything made sense!

In a daze, with his mind like a pot of paste, Li Qiong hesitated for only a moment, and then, under the stern gaze of the person who came, he stood up directly from his seat, and then bowed respectfully, saying, "Understood!"

After Little Academician Lin controlled Li Qiong without bloodshed, when he flew on horseback to report the news, Emperor Zhao and Yue Fei had already arrived in front of the yamen in the city, preparing to dismount and enter.

Hearing the report, Emperor Zhao turned back and said, "Li Kui is only a Commander after all, Pengju, should you take over the city defense first?"

Yue Fei was slightly startled, and then he realized that the Emperor was not worried about the city defense, but was afraid that he would feel inconvenienced when facing Du Chong later because of their shared hometown. But now that things have come to this, how could he care about these things? He immediately shook his head, "To inform the Emperor, Li Qiong is from a state school, and is a man of rules. Since Academician Lin has a hold on him, there will be no further chaos."

"Then go gather all the commanders and above to meet in the city... Can you do it?" Emperor Zhao asked again.

"Yes! And it must be me!" Yue Fei suddenly became serious.

"Then go, the military situation is urgent, let's not waste time!" Saying this, Emperor Zhao stopped talking, and directly led his people into the yamen in front of him.

Correspondingly, Yue Fei did not hesitate any longer, but ordered Zhang Xian to surround the county yamen with the Tabai Army, and also left them to protect Emperor Zhao. He immediately turned around, mounted his horse, and left the city alone.

As Yue Fei said, Du Chong had been behind closed doors for dozens of days, losing the hearts of the army and the people. The military officers of various departments had been discussing and gossiping, but the various departments were not subordinate to each other. At this time, hastily summoning the generals to the city in Du Chong's name would cause suspicion and chaos.

So, in this situation, the only one who could simultaneously gain the approval of Wang Yan's troops and the other troops of the Tokyo Garrison Command was probably Yue Pengju... Especially Wang Yan, who led the Eight Character Army south alone after abandoning his base. He was familiar with the place, but not with the people, and was very isolated. In comparison, although Yue Fei had personal grievances with him, they knew each other well, and would trust each other more on important matters.

Leaving that aside, Yue Fei left, and Emperor Zhao, guided by Zhang Xian and surrounded by soldiers, stepped into the county yamen of Yanling City with his head held high, but everything went surprisingly smoothly... This was not only because Yue Fei sent Zhang Xian and the Tabai Army to follow, nor was it because Li Qiong's military orders were delivered so quickly, but because there was more than just Du Chong in the yamen.

It must be known that many of the Tokyo Garrison Command's senior clerks and officials from the Kaifeng Prefecture Yamen were currently in the county yamen of Yanling City, and among them were people who recognized Emperor Zhao's face.

In fact, when the officials in the county yamen saw the streets outside the gate densely packed with cavalry soldiers, they also thought it was a military remonstrance. They had just found a few leaders in the yamen and gathered in the main hall, but before they could say two words, Emperor Zhao had already bypassed the screen wall, passed through the front courtyard, and arrived on the threshold of the main hall.

At this time, the leader in the hall was Guo Zhongxun, a *jinshi* graduate and the judicial officer of the Tokyo Garrison Command who was traveling with the army this time. He only glanced at the person who came, and then, as if struck by lightning, bowed down to the ground in panic, shouting "Long live the Emperor!" causing the yamen's clerks and soldiers to be caught off guard and forced to bow down with him.

In fact, Guo Zhongxun was a *jinshi* graduate with a high official position, so he didn't need to perform such a grand salute when a monarch and his subject suddenly met, given the status of civil officials in those years. The reason he did so was because he was the judicial officer of the Garrison Command and the second most important civil official on this expedition. He roughly knew how bad Du Chong's actions these days were, and also knew that the disappearance of Du Yan a few days ago would definitely have a sequel. So, when he saw Emperor Zhao, he instinctively guessed the worst situation, and bowed down with a guilty conscience.

"Where is Du Chong?"

Emperor Zhao didn't recognize the other person at all, nor could he care about the other person's petty thoughts. He stood with his hands behind his back in front of the main hall of this county yamen and asked straight to the point.

"Perhaps he hasn't gotten up yet, or perhaps he has gotten up and is drinking wine in the backyard." Lying on the ground, Guo Zhongxun didn't dare to hide anything, but was extremely nervous. "We don't usually dare to go to the backyard, and we don't know the details... Or should I go invite the Deputy Acting Commander to meet the Emperor?"

"No need to invite him, and no need to kneel. Everyone get up. This place is a military headquarters, so there must be a drum. Find the biggest and loudest one, and you personally beat it in front of the hall to invite Du Chong to come to the hall to see me." Emperor Zhao instructed, and then gestured towards Wanqiu Xie behind him. "Minister Wanqiu, please ask the soldiers to help hang my Golden Crow Banner in front of the hall."

Getting the instructions, there was naturally a flurry of activity inside and outside the hall. Emperor Zhao walked up to the hall, wiped the dust-covered main seat with his sleeves, and then sat down to wait. Hu Yin, Lan Gui, and Liu Yan also stood upright again. Among them, Hu Yin, wearing a purple robe, stood to the left of Emperor Zhao, Lan Gui stood behind Emperor Zhao to the side, and Liu Yan still stood in front of the door with his saber and short ax... Ever since Wang De verified the effectiveness of armor-piercing weapons such as hammers and axes against the Jin people, almost every member of the imperial guard carried a hammer and ax.

In any case, a moment later, as Guo Zhongxun personally wielded the mallet and struck with all his might, the sound of the drum suddenly rose, and the hall instantly became solemn, while the originally quiet backyard of the county yamen instantly descended into chaos... After all, Du Chong was a serious person with a reputation for being bloodthirsty, and now that he controlled a large army, no one dared to disobey him in the slightest.

Even the last time Yue Fei, Ma Gao, and Wang Yan came to remonstrate together, they only cried in remonstrance, let alone causing such a disturbance?

As expected, only a moment later, Du Chong, who had just gotten up, flew into a rage. He didn't even wear his official robe, but only ordinary casual clothes, and then, barefooted and wearing wooden clogs, came from the backyard with a constant clattering sound.

However, as soon as he turned the corner and arrived at the front yard, the Song Dynasty's important minister, who had been a *jinshi* graduate since the reign of Emperor Zhezong, noticed the flag that was flying high in the sky above the front yard.

Compared to this thing, the densely packed soldiers along the way were insignificant.

Unexpectedly, after being stunned there for a moment, Du Chong, knowing what was going on, didn't run away or hide. Instead, he turned around and ordered someone to bring his purple robe. Right there at the corner, amidst the urging sound of the drum, he put it on with a blank expression, and then, wearing his wooden clogs and bald head, came towards the hall.

Turning the corner, bypassing the pillars, under the gaze of everyone along the way, he stepped into the hall with his head held high, saluted calmly, and called out, "Your Majesty!"

Seeing that the red-robed official who was beating the drum had stopped, and then an old man in a purple robe was walking to the hall to salute him, knowing that it was Du Chong, Emperor Zhao replied calmly:

"Things have come to this, what else does Minister Du have to say?"

"I do!" Du Chong bowed in the hall.

"Speak!"

"Your Majesty, the situation of The Filature of the Song has come to this, it is not my doing!"

"Then who is it the doing of?"

"First, it is the doing of the monarch's lack of virtue!" Under the gaze of everyone in the hall, Du Chong said sternly. "The two Emperors brought chaos upon themselves, either with selfish excuses or opportunistic tricks, and there was no one who was proper. Even Your Majesty, today you appear to be valiant and headed straight here, with the spirit of Emperor Gaozu of Han seizing Han Xin's command, but in the past, you abandoned your father and brothers in Kaifeng and hastily ascended the throne in Nanjing; and you abandoned tens of millions of gentry and civilians in the Two Rivers region, intending to seek temporary peace in Henan. Is that not true?"

The faces of everyone in the hall changed, and Hu Yin instinctively wanted to step forward, but for some reason, he held back.

Seeing that Emperor Zhao and the others did not say anything, Du Chong, wearing a purple robe and wooden clogs, continued to express his resentment and indignation in the hall: "Looking at the court officials, from Huang and Wang to Li and Zong, and then to the current two Lu, whether they advocate peace or war, whether they advocate defense or attack, who can escape the accusation of being arrogant and using their power to exclude others? For the sake of a secondary capital, they have delayed for a year, wavering and uncertain. Those who advocated peace first allowed Your Majesty to abandon Hebei completely, causing the overall situation to collapse. As a result, those who advocated war turned around and pushed Your Majesty to set such a harsh strategy for war, leading to today's disaster! Are these people ministers who can be relied upon?!"

Emperor Zhao remained silent.

"And then there are the military generals of various towns since the Jianyan era, Han, Zhang, Li, Qu, Wang, Liu, except for Yue Fei, who is neither high nor low and has some ancient general's style, the rest of them are either rascals without restraint, or greedy for wealth, or seeking fame and praise, or arrogant and rude, or brave but without strategy, or incompetent and lowly. Which one can be relied upon as an arm or leg?" Du Chong's momentum grew stronger. "As for those so-called generals of the Tokyo Garrison Command, the so-called anti-Jin righteous army, it's hard to say whether they are bandits or soldiers. What's the use of them? Does Your Majesty know that when these people were bandits, they treated the people more cruelly than the Jin people? How did they get tens of thousands of troops at every turn? Does Your Majesty know?! Behind the millions of troops mentioned in Commander Zong's official reports to Your Majesty, how many families have been broken up? Does Your Majesty know?! The country has fallen to its current state because everyone from top to bottom is useless! Does Your Majesty know?!"

"I know," Emperor Zhao finally spoke. "What Minister Du said, I know."

Du Chong was suddenly stunned.

"Minister Du has said so much, I'm too lazy to discuss it one by one, but I just want to ask Minister Du two things, is that okay?" Emperor Zhao continued to say with a blank expression.

Du Chong sneered and stood aside with a flick of his sleeves.

"You've said all these things, and I don't deny any of them, but in the current situation, is there no other reason besides what you've said?" Emperor Zhao sighed slightly. "To get to the root of the matter, isn't it because of the Jin people's invasion? Are the Jin people innocent?"

Du Chong opened his mouth to speak, but could only continue to laugh derisively.

"Secondly, everyone from top to bottom, from the monarch to the righteous army, is useless and wrong, so what useful things have you, as an important minister and a native of Hebei from the occupied territory, done for the overall situation?" Emperor Zhao finally shook his head and frowned. "Have you been secretly colluding with the Jin army's commander-in-chief in front of the battle? Are you like a lotus flower emerging from the mud without being tainted?"

Du Chong continued to shake his head: "Your Majesty is good with words, but what I wanted to say has already been said, and I have nothing to say now."

Emperor Zhao also continued to shake his head: "I know what Minister Du is thinking. It's nothing more than seeing the situation like this and feeling that it's unlikely to win, so you've completely lost your faith... According to my personal desires, I should debate with you again in public, refute you one by one, and it would be best to talk about my feelings as an Emperor these days, and talk about how to be a monarch and how to be a minister. But in the current situation, I really can't bother to pay you much attention... Minister Du, I'm sorry!"

Saying this, Emperor Zhao raised his hand and pointed to the Crimson Heart Team soldiers who were following him down the steps and said: "Come, tie this person up and keep him in the hall. Then remove the screen wall and open the gate, and wait for Protector Yue to bring the generals here."

At this time, Li Qiong had also made a rough handover with Li Kui, and then led his guards to the outside of the county yamen. Hearing the conversation inside through the screen wall, he suppressed all kinds of thoughts at this time, and together with Zhang Xian's troops, he quickly cleaned up the front yard. Only then, under the leadership of Little Academician Lin, did he ignore the 'benefactor' who was still wearing a purple robe but was tied up and pressed in the hall, and carefully stepped forward to pay his respects to the Emperor.

To this, Emperor Zhao naturally relaxed his posture, asked about his name, age, and other information, and then comforted him, and asked him to stand by and wait with Zhang Xian.

For a time, no one spoke in the hall, and everyone waited quietly for the generals to gather.

As expected, Yue Pengju lived up to his heavy responsibility. In the afternoon, he finally led dozens of generals to come... In addition to those commanders of the Tokyo Garrison Command, there was Wang Sheng, the Black Dragon, a senior general of Han Shizhong's troops who was originally in Yanling, and Fu Xuan and Li Bao, the remaining two commanders of Yue Fei's troops (Li Bao was a naval general with the nickname "Daredevil Li the Third," and shared the same name as Li Bao "Sick Guan Suo"), and Wang Yan's troops also had Meng De, Jiao Wentong, and seven or eight other commanders. Even Niu Gao, the leader of the Ruzhou Righteous Army who belonged to Lu Qiong's forces, was invited here at this time.

Whether it was Wang Yan or those people from the Tokyo Garrison Command, when they heard that Emperor Zhao had arrived here, many did not believe it. It was only because Yue Fei was always serious and solemn that they had to believe it. However, they were still full of thoughts and had various doubts. Even when they saw the Golden Crow Banner, they still harbored their own thoughts, hesitating and doubting on the street in front of the gate, unwilling to enter, fearing that they would be beheaded as soon as they went in.

However, when these people hesitated and came to the front of the main hall, passing through the front yard with the screen wall removed and seeing Du Chong, who was tied up in the hall, they had no other choice but to go in... People are like this. They don't give up until they reach the Yellow River, but when they reach the Yellow River, that's just how it is. It's nothing more than swarming into the hall, bowing and saluting, and then, in the silent atmosphere, they couldn't help but steal glances at the young man in the hall.

"Are they all here?" After everyone got up, Emperor Zhao asked Yue Fei softly.

"Reporting to the Emperor," Yue Fei quickly stepped out of the ranks again, bowing and saying, "Under the command of this minister and Commander Wang, there are twenty-three commanders in the three armies, plus Niu Gao, the leader of the Ruzhou Righteous Army who leads his troops independently, and Madame Ma Wang, who leads her troops daily, totaling twenty-five people. They are all here."

Emperor Zhao nodded slightly, and then sat upright and looked around at these dozens of people. Some of them he had heard the names or nicknames of before he transmigrated, and some of them he had learned some information about in official documents after being the Emperor for more than a year, but now that they had met, he had no time to delve into their roots.

Therefore, only a moment later, seeing that many people lowered their heads after meeting his gaze, Emperor Zhao smiled and said: "Everyone, Deputy Acting Commander Du just said that you are either bandits or mountain bandits, and that you are useless... I also know that you in the Tokyo Garrison Command and in Hebei have no military pay. Looking at the roads you've traveled today, the armored soldiers in your army seem to be quite insufficient, and it can be seen that your military equipment and supplies are not as good as those of the other Imperial Guard troops. But the country has fallen to such a state, and yet you have to risk your lives. I don't know what you're thinking. Do you have any complaints?"

"Your Majesty is too kind!"

Wang Yan's official position was actually a little higher than Yue Fei's, so he naturally took the lead and immediately stepped forward excitedly and said: "We are loyal and have never changed! The country is broken and the mountains and rivers are destroyed. It is also because we are incompetent..."

"What does it have to do with you?" Emperor Zhao suddenly got up and interrupted him, and then, holding his golden belt around his waist, slowly walked into the hall. "How can the weight of the world be borne by one person? It's nothing more than everyone working together and doing their best! It is because of this thought that I decided to come here from Nanyang... However, I have come here with no large army and no military pay or supplies. If I really brought anything, it would just be myself! Therefore, I would like to ask everyone, today I, as the Marshal of the World's Armies, command all the troops here. Is there anyone who disagrees?"

Wang Yan, Yue Fei, and the others took the lead, and the Ma Gao couple and others, who had already been shocked out of their minds, almost all bowed down together, saying that they did not dare to disagree.

"Your subject finally understands His Majesty's difficulties!"

At this moment, Emperor Zhao, who had already turned to stand in front of the table, was about to speak when someone in the hall suddenly spoke again. Everyone looked in the direction of the voice, and it was actually Du Chong, who was wearing a purple robe, wooden clogs, and tied up on the ground.

Emperor Zhao did not speak, and Du Chong continued: "Actually, Your Majesty is the most helpless person in the world... The Jin people's troops are almost invincible. In this great trend, everyone below Your Majesty, the prime ministers and ministers, can resign from their posts or surrender to the Jin people. The military generals can become bandits or surrender to the Jin people. Only Your Majesty has nowhere to go. What else can you do except risk your life?"

The hall was silent, and Emperor Zhao smiled. He stepped past the two leading generals, Wang and Yue, and continued to walk forward, walking from the open space between dozens of commanders on both sides, until he reached Zhang Xian, Li Qiong, and the position in front of Liu Yan before stopping and saying: "Before, Commander Yue said that this battle can be won?"

"Yes!" Yue Fei's stern voice came from the other side of the hall.

"When and where is the chance to win?" Emperor Zhao continued to ask loudly without turning his head.

"It is at this time, it is at this place!" Yue Pengju responded seriously. "Our army has not been out for days. The Jin army was serious at first, but now they have become lazy, and their troops are scattered among the five rivers. As the weather has been warming up in recent days, the rivers have been melting, and it has become increasingly inconvenient for the cavalry to travel back and forth to support each other. Moreover, His Majesty has suddenly arrived here, but the Jin army is completely unaware, or has not had time to know yet. We can take advantage of this opportunity to concentrate our troops and attack their unpreparedness with more troops than them..."

"Alright!" Emperor Zhao, who lowered his head and took something from Liu Yan's waist, suddenly interrupted him. "I already understand the general idea. If you have a plan on how to fight, you can issue orders later. I can speak for you here, so there's no need to say it so thoroughly, as if someone wouldn't be willing to send out troops if you didn't explain it clearly..."

"Yes!"

Under the attention of the generals such as Wang Yan, Yue Fei bowed his head and responded.

"But before Pengju issues the order, I have one more thing to say." Emperor Zhao turned around with his hands behind his back, turning to Du Chong's back amidst the panic of the commanders behind him. "Do you know how I came here?"

Without waiting for the people around him to respond, Emperor Zhao said calmly, answering his own question: "I used my own imperial guard, as well as Wang De's and Zhang Jing's troops, who had participated in the Battle of Huaihe, which were the most elite troops of the Imperial Guard's Central Army, totaling ten thousand armored soldiers, as bait to lure the main force of the Jin army south. Then, I led a lone army, taking advantage of the night, crossed the Bai River and headed east to here... I came in a hurry, and I don't know how many people died for me to come here, but considering Wanyan Wushu's tens of thousands of iron cavalry under Nanyang City, it is likely that blood has already flowed like a river there! And since the Jingkang Incident, in various places in the Two Rivers region, under Tokyo City, in Guanzhong and Shandong, how many places should have blood flowed like a river like that?"

No one in the hall dared to speak, and everyone's breathing became heavy.

After pausing here, Emperor Zhao finally gritted his teeth and said the sentence that he had been wanting to say for the past two days: "Everyone, I don't care how you fight, and I don't care what you think. I have come here in person, and I only want one thing, that is to see the Jin people's blood flow like a river too!"

After swallowing the last word, Emperor Zhao suddenly raised the short ax hidden behind him and slashed it down with all his might towards the neck of the person in front of him.

With one ax, blood stained the purple robe. Du Chong didn't even have time to groan before falling to the ground with the ax, and blood instantly flowed like a river under him, and the entire hall naturally stirred for a moment.

Emperor Zhao had never thought of debating with this person about what was right and wrong. He had kept him alive just to use his head to deter those commanders of the Tokyo Garrison Command who were from military bandit backgrounds and were obviously unstable.

And now it seemed that the effect was not bad.
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