“If there are less than ten thousand Jurchen, they can be defeated; if there are ten thousand, they are invincible.” Everyone felt a chill run down their spines when they saw this line appear!
No one expected the Golden List to give the Jurchen such high praise!
But it was also normal, because judging from the Jin Dynasty's record of destroying the Liao Dynasty in a few years and occupying Kaifeng in a few months, they had indeed lived up to this evaluation.
This made the officials of the Song Dynasty quite worried and anxious.
It wasn't until the emergence of Han Shizhong and Yue Fei that people regained confidence, realizing that the Song Dynasty generals could indeed defeat the Jin army, and that the Jin army was not invincible!
Then, seeing the Jin army continuing to establish Liu Yu as a puppet regime, everyone's hearts tightened once again.
It was simple, Zhang Bangchang had already appeared once, could Liu Yu remain loyal to the Song Dynasty like Zhang Bangchang had?
Even if he had loyalty in his heart, after witnessing Zhang Bangchang's fate of being executed, would Liu Yu choose to abdicate and let someone else take the throne?
Zhao Kuangyin and his officials were unsure, but they were quite confident that Liu Yu wouldn't yield the throne!
And seeing Liu Guangshi's performance, everyone was so angry that they could only laugh!
Having Liu Guangshi as a backup was equivalent to having no backup at all?!
What a perfect way to describe having no backup at all!
If memory serves correctly, wasn't this Liu Guangshi one of the Four Pillars of the Song Dynasty? How could he be so absurd?
Earlier, when they saw the performances of Yue Fei and Han Shizhong, people were surprised by the power of the Four Pillars of the Song Dynasty. Some even thought that if Han Shizhong and Yue Fei were so formidable, then wouldn't Zhang Jun and Liu Guangshi be even more terrifying?
But the Golden List slapped them hard in the face!
Facing the Jin army's southward advance, Zhang Jun disobeyed orders, and Liu Guangshi disappeared without a trace. Of the Four Pillars of the Song Dynasty, only Han Shizhong and Yue Fei were reliable!
“The Western Army is invincible, if it wasn't for Wu Jie's foresight, Zhang Jun's decisive battle would have lost even the Sichuan and Shu regions!”
Zhao Kuangyin had a wry smile on his face.
But thinking about Qu Duan's tendency towards feudalism, and later Zhang Jun's imprisonment of Qu Duan after his defeat, Zhao Kuangyin closed his mouth helplessly.
Thankfully, Wu Jie was incredibly strong, annihilating tens of thousands of Jin soldiers in one battle, which was impressive!
At this moment, the officials of the Song Dynasty felt that with such strong generals, the Song Dynasty's revival was within reach, they could even reclaim Kaifeng and destroy the Jin Dynasty!
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Qin Shi Huang's realm, outside the Xianyang Palace.
“Han Shizhong, Yue Fei, Wu Jie, I remember you!”
“The Song Dynasty has such good generals, it seems that Heaven does not wish for its destruction!”
Ying Zheng looked at the Golden List and sighed.
For any ordinary country, if their capital was captured, and the emperor and officials were taken prisoner, they would have been destroyed long ago!
The Song Dynasty was truly blessed by Heaven, even in such a crisis, it still produced incredibly strong generals like Han Shizhong, Yue Fei, and Wu Jie. Truly, the Mandate of Heaven resided with the Song Dynasty, it was extraordinary!
If the Song Dynasty could make good use of these strong generals, restoring its territory wouldn't be impossible…
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The realm of Emperor Gaozu of Han, outside the Weiyang Palace.
“No wonder the Golden List mentioned Zhao Gou's wife and mother, so this guy can revive the Song Dynasty!”
Liu Bang sighed.
“Zifang, do you think Zhao Gou can revive the Song Dynasty and restore its territory?”
After speaking, Liu Bang turned to Zhang Liang.
Zhang Liang was stunned, he furrowed his brows and slowly said:
“Your humble servant does not know, Yue Fei and the other generals are truly formidable, but Zhao Gou himself is afraid of the enemy, I’m afraid it will be difficult.”
Hearing this, everyone understood!
This Zhao Gou was more than just afraid of the enemy, he was utterly incompetent!
Facing the southward invasion of the Jin army, he was so scared that he lost his ability to reproduce, and when he was persuaded by treacherous officials like Huang Qianshan, Wang Boyan, and Du Chong, he stubbornly continued to use them, without holding them accountable!
With such a ruler, even if his generals were incredibly strong, it would be difficult for them to succeed!
“Zifang is right, let's just keep watching.”
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The Tang Dynasty's Zhenguan realm, outside the Taiji Palace.
“Good! Good! Good! These Han Shizhong, Yue Fei, and Wu Jie have done well!”
“How can our Han descendants fear the Jurchen?!”
Li Shimin looked at the achievements of Yue Fei and the other three on the Golden List, his eyes were full of light, he was extremely excited!
Li Shimin had always liked talented generals and strategists, he had gathered the Eighteen Scholars of Qin in the Qin Palace, and now he was incredibly impressed by the performances of Yue Fei and the others!
“Hahaha! Your Majesty is right, no wonder the Song Dynasty still has a hundred years of fate, it seems like the Song Dynasty is going to be revived.”
Gao Shilian stroked his beard and laughed, everyone else nodded in agreement.
As soon as these words were spoken, the text on the Golden List appeared again:
【In the fourth year of Jianyan, an official who had been captured by the Jin people returned to Jiankang, this person was the former Censor-in-Chief Qin Hui!】
【After Qin Hui's return, he was suspected by all the officials, everyone thought that Qin Hui's return at this time was a spy sent by the Jin people, but under the protection of Prime Minister Fan Zongyin and Li Hui of the Privy Council, everyone dispelled their doubts.】
【Upon seeing Zhao Gou, Qin Hui proposed the "South returns south, north returns north" peace proposal. Not only that, he also brought a letter from Wanyan Chang, stating that the Jin Dynasty wanted to make peace with the Song Dynasty. Zhao Gou had already wanted peace, so he was overjoyed and immediately appointed Qin Hui to be in charge of peace negotiations.】
【But Qin Hui's goal was not this, he wanted to take advantage of the peace negotiations to become Prime Minister. Soon after, Prime Minister Fan Zongyin was demoted for angering the officials, and Lu Yihou took his place. Qin Hui formed a Reform Bureau and opposed Lu Yihou. Lu Yihou was furious, with the help of Zhu Shengfei, he drove Qin Hui out of the court, and ordered that he would never be employed again!】
Seeing this, Zhao Kuangyin let out a long sigh of relief.
Thankfully, thankfully, thankfully this Qin Hui didn't succeed!
To be honest, when everyone saw Qin Hui, who advocated for peace, return, they were extremely nervous, fearing that the weak Zhao Gou would agree to Qin Hui's peace proposal. If that happened, the Song Dynasty's territory would never be restored!
But Lu Yihou and Zhu Shengfei did a good job, they drove Qin Hui out of the court and ordered that he would never be employed again, which made everyone very happy!
That's how you should treat those who advocate for peace!
But before everyone could be happy for a few minutes, they saw the words on the Golden List, and couldn't help but be stunned:
【The reason why Qin Hui was demoted on the surface was because of his desire for power, but in reality, Zhao Gou had not received a reply from Wanyan Chang for a long time, and under the uncertainty of whether Qin Hui's peace negotiations were real or fake, Zhao Gou could only drive Qin Hui out of the court.】
【Not long after, Jin general Wanyan Gao fought Wu Jie at Raofeng Pass, the Jin army suffered another major defeat. Wu Jie and Wu Lin, the two brothers, fought bravely and defeated Wanyan Gao again, and also defeated Wanyan Zongbi who came to their rescue.】
【Not long after, Wanyan Zongbi invaded the Song Dynasty's Cheng and Chu states again. Zhao Ding, then the deputy of the Privy Council, ordered Zhang Jun to send troops to resist, but Zhang Jun, out of his desire to preserve his own strength, refused again. There was no choice but to let Yue Fei go to war.】
【Yue Fei achieved victory after victory, but ultimately he was fighting alone and was outmatched. In the end, Chu State fell, and the Song Dynasty lost the Jiang Huai region.】
【Afterwards, the Song Dynasty's military forces focused on suppressing bandits, and various generals also took this opportunity to annex rebel armies to strengthen their military power. After Li Cheng was suppressed, Zhang Jun, Han Shizhong, and Yue Fei divided his army, and then Zhang Jun annexed Li Yunwen's forces, and Han Shizhong annexed Cao Cheng's forces.】
【During this period, Yue Fei also successfully formed the Yue Family Army and put forward the slogan: "Starve to death, but not plunder; Freeze to death, but not tear down houses"...】
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