choke element

Chapter 782 First Line
In the court of the Great Song Dynasty in recent years, because of Shi Xiang's single-minded appeasement, there were very few important ministers who could train soldiers and fight wars.Zhao Fang is one of the few people among them. He resisted the Jin army in Jinghu for the past six months, and forcibly earned his name as "Grandpa Zhao".

Seeing his father's worried expression, Zhao Fan's heart tightened.

It was Zhao Fang who proposed that a group of people arrived at this woodland, and Zhao Fan actually felt that it was a bit dangerous.

He thought that he had arranged too few cavalry to accompany him, and Zhao Fang was worried that he would run into a Jurchen cavalry, so he hurriedly said: "Father, the people around here are all our capable men, and they are heavily guarded. Let the Jurchens approach."

Zhao Fang nodded.

Of course, those who accompanied him on the trip at this moment were all able-bodied people.Except for a small number of Zhao Fang's own guards, most of the hundred or so riders were warriors drawn by Meng Zongzheng from the three armies of Shenjin, Baojie, and Loyalty, led by Meng Zongzheng's son, Meng Gong.

The young man was about 20 years old, of medium height, and was wearing a hooded armor. At this time, he was walking around the edge of the forest with his sword on his patrol, his movements and eyes were very alert.

Zhao Fang liked this young man very much. During the march these few days, he often called him by his side to teach him some knowledge.

The Meng family of Suizhou was a general who followed Yue Fei to the south and lived in Suizhou in the early years. He has established a foothold in the local area for decades, which can be regarded as deep-rooted, and it is time to turn from Wu to Wen.Zhao Fang was born as a Jinshi, and he was a student of Mr. Nanxuan, a master of Neo Confucianism. If Meng Gong can be supported by Zhao Fang, his official career will be smooth in the future, so Meng Zongzheng is very happy about this, and specially recruited elites to let Meng Gong take him with Zhao Fang Serve by your side.

Zhao Fang naturally believed in Meng Gong's talent, not to mention that with the posture of the Jin army in front of him, he wished to squeeze out the last bit of his family background and throw it into the decisive battle, so he didn't care about the little Song army in a corner of the battlefield.

What Zhao Fang was worried about was not his own safety at all.

He wasn't even worried, but a kind of uncontrollable panic, but this kind of panic was covered by his energy-raising skills, and outsiders couldn't clearly distinguish it.

Zhao Fang has served as the border guard for more than ten years.In these years, he has been paying attention to the performance of Jin Jun, and also the more and more people in the Jin Jun sequence.As time passed, the details he understood gradually became complete. He could even tell the different origins of the Naiman, Wangu, Qiang, Keret, and Uighur.

After the barbarians began to Sinicize, they would inevitably lose the ferocity and wildness in their blood. In order to maintain their own combat effectiveness, they had to drive the more barbaric alien races that had not yet been Sinicized.

At that time, Emperor Taiwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty frightened the Xuyi defender of the Liu Song Dynasty in the Southern Dynasty, saying that the fighting soldiers sent by our side were by no means Chinese. Dingling and Hu were in the northeast of the city, and Diqiang was in the south.Jurchen's current practice can be called a common practice since ancient times, using the barbaric energy of these alien races.

Generally speaking, the more barbaric alien races are used to supplement force, the weaker one's own force will inevitably be. It is no secret that the Jurchen's virtue has become weaker and weaker over the years.

But at this moment, in Zhao Fang's eyes, the Jin army's onslaught on the Dinghai formation was huge. Obviously, not only those soldiers of other races, but even the Jurchens showed barbarism and bloodthirsty that had not been aroused for a long time.

In such an unfavorable situation, such a fighting spirit can still be aroused, and then forcibly compete for the initiative on the battlefield. It can be seen that the commander of the Jin Army is no small matter.

At this time, the Jurchen's own team had another order, and as the cavalry who sent the order ran around, tens of millions of foreign warriors roared like beasts.

Zhao Fan's face was pale, and he couldn't help saying: "The momentum is so strong, the Jurchen's blood is still alive!"

It's not only that the blood is still there, it's that the blood is gushing out.

A few miles away, the huge area within Zhao Fang's line of sight was almost completely occupied by the Jurchens. They shouted, the cavalry galloped like lightning, the banners waved like a storm, and the spears trembled like strange beasts.Under the urging of the shouts, they pushed forward layer by layer, constantly entangled with the enemy army, the huge momentum, people who have not been there personally can't understand it at all.

But Zhao Fang is not afraid of this.

The Song Dynasty founded the country with culture and education, and always regarded the surrounding nations as barbarians.There is an upper limit to what the barbarians do, and on the one hand, the more barbaric they are, the fiercer they are; but on the other hand, the more barbaric they are, the more likely they are to be impressed by the Han family's clothes and rituals, and they will eventually become Weak, becoming the same as Song people.

Once weakened, it can never be reversed.

In the past few decades, Dajin did not really threaten the survival of Dasong. Instead, his family was beaten into a mess by the black Tartars on the grassland to the north. This is the reason.

In Zhao Fang's eyes, the so-called thirteen captains' soldiers they created in Kaifeng were not very different from the Song army.Those captains are, in their bones, the same as the border land tyrants who have been in the army for generations in the Song Dynasty, such as Meng Zongzheng, Hu Zaixing and others.

So Zhao Fang can also assert that the Jurchen's ferocity at the moment is of course, but it will not last long.

This frightening ferocity is not so much derived from blood, but rather from despair. It is just the last struggle of a capable man before the subjugation of the country, and what is left in the last bit of blood.

The Ding Navy is different.

They were very calm in dealing with the Jin army. It was not that they were slow, but that the entire army was up and down, and everyone had the confidence to conquer and attack.This army is not the barbaric style of the foreign army, and it is not the style of the Song army that has been decadent and loose for a long time, only relying on the occasional few famous officials to forcibly boost their energy.

In the past few days, the closer Zhao Fang got to Kaifeng, the more times he had contact with Ding Navy officers and men.He has seen Dinghai's scouts, and he has also seen a small team dividing troops to capture a certain stockade.The vigor in the bones of those soldiers could not be hidden from his eyes at all.

After seeing the battle today, Zhao Fang became even more convinced that the members of this army really took the army as their career, as rumored, and they received full treatment, and they had full confidence to do their best in this job.They also have gunpowder weapons with a range of hundreds of steps, and hot air balloons that rise high in the sky to detect the situation.These piles are all sharp weapons on the battlefield.

This army is an army with permanent property and perseverance. Each of them stands on their own vital interests and agrees with the team they belong to, so the essence is higher than the Jin Army or Song Army!
This army itself is the most terrifying war machine!

As long as the momentum of the Jin army weakens even a little bit, the barely maintained balance between the two armies will break down, and the Ding navy's counterattack will be fierce beyond imagination.

Zhao Fang was still a little skeptical about the information that came from Kaifeng privately earlier, as well as the rumors that leaked from Lin'an.Now that he has witnessed the fighting state of Dinghai, he knows that those are all right.

Guo Ning, Duke of the State of Zhou, cleaned up nobles and scholar-officials in Shandong and the north, plundered their wealth and land, and distributed them to the soldiers, turning the soldiers into military aristocrats.This is not enough, he also demoted millions of people into shady households, and asked them to be cattle and horses for the warriors!
A regime assembled by the Hanerwu people is terrifying enough. These Hanerwu people have also consolidated their foundation, won the loyal support of tens or hundreds of thousands of ferocious beasts, and used force to enslave the people of the world... By the way, The economic source of this regime still relies on collaborating with smugglers!
How come?Isn't that the resurrection of those devouring demons in the late Tang and Five Dynasties?

With the rise of such a regime, where will the people of the world be placed, where will Zhao and Song be placed?
What the hell is Shi Xiang going crazy to choose to cooperate with such a terrible enemy?

Even if he has some difficulties... a momentary victory or defeat in the court is nothing to say, even if he suffers a loss, there may not be no possibility of a comeback.But the current situation between the two parties, this is really seeking skin with a tiger!

I heard that several confidant officials under Shi Xiang's family happily joined forces with Ding Haijun to do maritime trade business. If this continues, the country will suffer, and I don't know Yiyuhudi!
I, Zhao Fang, and the [-] soldiers under my command who worked so hard to kill Zhuxian Town, are we going to leave a name of humiliation in the history books?
At this time, Meng Gong in the distance made a whistle with his lips, signaling to the team.

Zhao Fanxi said: "Father, the messenger from Ding Haijun is here! But I don't know, who is here today?"

Since the [-] Song Army went deep into Nanjing Road, the coordination with the Ding Navy has never stopped.Every day, Dinghai will send people to visit the Song army camp to report the recent military movements.The one who came a few days ago was a general, and the day before yesterday and yesterday, it was a governor who came.

The cronies around Zhao Fang didn't know that Zhao Fang was worried, and they were quite satisfied with the situation where the coalition forces were dispatched and the fighting was handed over to allies, so they were generally in a good mood.Last night, a few people joked in private that today's battle is critical, and in order to show importance, a Jiedu envoy must be sent to show up.

On the battlefield in the distance, the sound of killing still shook the sky, and the smoke and dust were confused.Under the smoke and dust, several people rushed to the scene on horseback.The first one was not very good at riding, and he wobbled on his horse so that his beard fluttered.Take a closer look, this gentleman is not young, and he is wearing the official uniform of the Song Dynasty.

When several riders approached, Zhao Fang recognized him.

"Xuan Zong? Isn't this Xuan Zong? Why is he here? What is he doing here?"

(End of this chapter)