Chapter 288: In Chang'an City

At this moment, Liang Hongyu had already returned to the foot of Taiyi Peak, and she ordered the soldiers to be stationed here.

There are dense defenses here, and there are more than a dozen small passes. Since the confrontation between the East and the West, there have been extremely many such passes within a radius of thousands of miles, and they have been everywhere.

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

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

"Husband, you came so fast?" When she saw Han Shizhong, Liang Hongyu said with a happy face.

"Haven't you already discovered the Qin Emperor's treasure? Why are you still here? Han Shizhong was surprised.

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

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

"Husband, you go out for a walk with me!" Liang Hongyu said.

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

The two of them walked outside, gradually leaving the barracks and into the mountains.

"Emperor Xuanwu already knows about Emperor Qin's treasures, his army has come to Zhongnan Mountain, countless people in Jiangnan Wulin have died under Emperor Xuanwu, and the abbot of Shaolin Temple, Elder Wuqing and others have all died! I'm afraid that this Qin Emperor's treasure will not have anything to do with us, and it will eventually belong to Emperor Xuanwu! The snow was blowing and falling on Liang Hongyu's body, she took a deep breath, and then said slowly.

"Didn't you go for it?" Han Shizhong said.

"Naturally, I'm going for it! I led an army of 5,000 here, and when I heard the news, I immediately headed for the mountain. Just halfway through, I ran into some soldiers and horses under Emperor Xuanwu. Liang Hongyu said.

"Oh? Some soldiers? How many people? Han Shizhong said.

"Only a hundred people! I besieged them with five thousand men and more than a hundred, do you know how many of us were killed and wounded? Liang Hongyu said.

"How many?" Han Shizhong felt that something was wrong in his heart, and immediately said.

"We have more than 300 dead and wounded!" Liang Hongyu said.

"What!" Han Shizhong was also taken aback and said in disbelief.

"You heard it right, it's three hundred! The enemy was only a hundred people, and we besieged them with more than 5,000 men, and even killed and wounded 300 people! The enemy's combat power is beyond imagination! Even if it is a Jurchen, I am afraid that it may not be able to catch up with them! Liang Hongyu said.

"What you encountered must be some of the strongest soldiers and horses under Emperor Xuanwu, and they are so powerful!" Han Shizhong said.

"I also thought so, but Jiao Wentong said that this was not the case at all, he said that all the troops under Emperor Xuanwu were like this! On the way back, we also met several patrolling soldiers of the rebel army, and when I asked them, they all said that our army was inferior to the army of Emperor Xuanwu! They also said that Emperor Xuanwu's army was training one day, training from morning to night every day, only resting for two or three hours every day, and training the rest of the time! Every year, from the Spring Festival to the end of the year, they are doing this kind of training, no matter how windy or rainy! Not only that, Emperor Xuanwu himself even trained with the soldiers of the army, eating at the same table and sleeping together! This matter is unknown to everyone in Guanshan, and everyone knows about it, and we are from Jiangnan, so we don't know these things. Liang Hongyu said.

After hearing this, Han Shizhong suddenly felt a chill appear on his body!

He is strong in martial arts, and he is the first person of the younger generation of the Western Army, and he has long been invasive. But at this moment, the news deeply shook his heart, and he couldn't help but feel a chill in his body.

"Now it seems that Emperor Xuanwu's destruction of Western Xia must be true! We were still skeptical, but Jiao Wentong and the others did not have any suspicions, they were sure that Western Xia was not Emperor Xuanwu's opponent at all! How could Emperor Xuanwu's soldiers and horses be so powerful? Liang Hongyu muttered.

Her face was extremely beautiful, dressed in red, but at the moment her face was filled with anxiety.

Ever since she met the patrol soldiers under Zhao Chen, she has been like this until now.

"If his soldiers and horses were so powerful, he would have already attacked east and recaptured Chang'an! But he didn't do it now! Han Shizhong said.

"I'm also thinking about this matter along the way, one is because we have a lot of soldiers and horses in Chang'an, and the Jurchens also have countless soldiers and horses in Hancheng and Heyang, if he attacks rashly, his own damage will be great, he doesn't want to have too much damage himself, in addition, he is not very confident in his own strength, and he doesn't know how powerful he is." Liang Hongyu said.

"He's not confident?" Han Shizhong was stunned and said.

"Yes, the tiger in the jungle is cautious even when facing a wild donkey, and he dares to make a move, and so does he. Now Emperor Xuanwu is like a tiger in the jungle, although his strength is already very strong, he is still cautious. However, after he destroyed Western Xia, he should have a certain understanding of his own strength. Not only him, but the entire Xuanwu court had a certain understanding of their power. They used to be mainly defensive, and it is very likely that they will be mainly offensive in the future. They will keep tempting, and they will keep determining our strength, their power, until they destroy us. We are no match for them at all. Liang Hongyu said.

Han Shizhong frowned and didn't say a word.

"Husband, where do we two go from here?" Liang Hongyu said suddenly.

"In such troubled times, everyone can't help themselves! The two of us undertook the great favor of Emperor Jianyan, and we must not betray Emperor Jianyan! You and I do our best, that's it! As for whether Emperor Xuanwu's army is really so strong, I still need to test it well! As you said, they will test us, and we will test them! We also have to judge according to the strength of both sides! Han Shizhong said.

Liang Hongyu nodded slightly.

"Either way, you and I will be together forever. Whether it is good or bad in the future, I will face it with you. Han Shizhong said.

Liang Hongyu nodded slightly, she felt an indescribable warmth. Although it was snowing, her heart was unusually warm.

After a period of time, Han Shizhong and Liang Hongyu stayed near this Taiyi Peak, and they did test Zhao Chen's army, but it was only some small-scale border conflicts. In the past two years, such border clashes have abounded, and no one has felt that there is anything wrong with it.

The result of the trial made Han Shizhong and Liang Hongyu confirm a fact - Zhao Chen's army was extremely strong, far superior to their Han family's army, and it was definitely not under the Jurchens! Moreover, the Jurchen population is limited, with a total strength of only more than 200,000, while the number of soldiers and horses under Zhao Chen has reached more than 400,000! They have not yet received the news, and they do not know that another 300,000 young people from the Production and Construction Corps have entered the army, and now there are more than 700,000 soldiers and horses under Zhao Chen in the Guanshan area.

Both of them were worried, and on November 5, they received a report that Zong Ze had something important to discuss, and now the husband and wife took some personal soldiers to Chang'an City again.

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In ancient times, the climate of Guanshan was cold, almost comparable to the northeast in later generations.

There was snow everywhere on the road, and there was also countless snow at the head of Chang'an City.

Seeing them coming, the city gate of Chang'an City had been opened, and they went straight to the City Lord's Mansion of Chang'an City.

The city lord's mansion of Chang'an City is also relatively dilapidated now, and after Zong Ze entered here, he did not clean up here, and now there are no maids and servants here, only some soldiers of the righteous army are here.

The cold wind was howling outside, and the fire was burning inside the City Lord's Mansion, but it was unusually warm.

By the time Han Shizhong and Liang Hongyu arrived, Zong Ze, Wang Yan, Zhang Jun, Jiao Wentong and others had already arrived, and they were drinking together around the stove.

"General Han and General Liang are here, please take a seat!" Seeing Han Shizhong and Liang Hongyu coming, Zong Ze and the others stood up together, and Zong Ze smiled.

Han Shizhong and Liang Hongyu took off their cotton clothes outside, and then sat down, and at that moment, several rebels also sent wine to Han Shizhong and Liang Hongyu.

Han Shizhong frowned, they have never allowed alcohol in the Han family's army, but thinking that this was the good intention of Zong Ze and the others, he smiled and drank with these people.

"It's not early, it's noon! Let's eat together and talk about things, I've got the meal ready! Zong Ze said.

"It's all up to the boss!" Han Shizhong and others said one after another.

Zong Ze smiled slightly, and immediately asked people to serve food, wine and meat, and everyone sat together and feasted.

"A few days ago, the old man received an edict from His Majesty, and His Majesty asked me to wait and wait to be ready to go west at any time." After a while, Zong Ze said slowly.

"Ahh Now westward? Emperor Xuanwu's soldiers and horses are extremely strong, and there are a lot of them, if we go west, we may not be able to win! Han Shizhong was taken aback and said.

"General Han is really worried! Though their men and horses are strong, we are not under them! Just a few days ago, Lord Zong Ze just called on all the Henan rebels to go north! The number of rebels in Henan is close to one million, even when we attacked Tongguan and Chang'an, and won a great victory in Tongguan and Chang'an, we didn't use so many soldiers and horses! In addition, Liu Ze, the leader of the Hebei rebel army, also decided to defect to Emperor Jianyan, and he will also lead 300,000 Hebei rebels to the south! Also, Liu Yu of Shandong has also agreed to take refuge in His Majesty! Zhang Jun poured a sip of liquor, his face turned red, and he smiled.

"Liu Yu?" Han Shizhong couldn't help frowning.

The Liu Ze mentioned before is okay, this person is the leader of the rebel army in Hebei, and he is a little famous! In these years, the Jin soldiers occupied the Central Plains, but the people of the Central Plains were resisting one after another, and the same was true of Hebei! Of course, the strength of the Hebei Righteous Army is much worse than that of the Hedong Righteous Army, and it cannot be compared at all! In recent years, the Hebei Righteous Army has also fought petty battles and has not had large-scale attacks.

But that Liu Yu is not trivial, this Liu Yu was originally the minister of the Northern Song Dynasty and the prefect of Jinan! When the Jin soldiers went south, the Jinan guard Guan Sheng fought with the Jin soldiers, and his martial arts were outstanding, but Liu Yu killed Guan Sheng, and then opened the city gate and surrendered to the Jin soldiers! Historically, Liu Yu was canonized as the "Great Qi" emperor by the Jin State, and he was called the "Pseudo-Qi" in the official history, as a puppet emperor, he first built the capital of the Daimyo Mansion, and then built the capital of Kaifeng, ruling Shandong, Shandong, Henan. Later, he was deposed by the Jin State and became the king of Shu, and later the king of Cao. He was like Wang Jingwei in the era of the Japanese invasion of China, he was completely a puppet, but the Jin State relied on him to control a large part of the "puppet army", used him as a vanguard, and used the "puppet army" to attack the Northern Song Dynasty. In this era, Liu Yu had not yet been canonized as the puppet emperor of Qi by the Jin State, and he was now the prefect of Dongping of the Jin State and the head of the Zhulu Mabu Army, controlling the armies outside the river.

This is a well-known traitor, this person actually "took refuge" in Emperor Jianyan, how weird it looks.

"Why did Liu Yu take refuge in His Majesty? Will his master, Jin Guoren, agree? Liang Hongyu next to him said coldly.

"You don't have to worry about General Liang about this!" Zhang Jun snorted and said.

These are all contacts between Qin Hui and Jin Guo, and Jin Guo returned part of the "puppet army" to Zhao Gou to deal with Zhao Chen together.

"Liu Yu deserves to die, he has gathered countless thieves, countless rebels, and my Great Song Dynasty, he is the mortal enemy of my Great Song Dynasty! How can we work with him? Liang Hongyu said.

"This is what Your Majesty means, if you are dissatisfied, you can tell Your Majesty!" Zhang Jun said coldly.

"Alright, don't make any noise! All in all, now all the righteous armies will rush here, and more than 300,000 soldiers and horses under Liu Yu will also rush here! His Majesty meant to fight a big battle with Emperor Xuanwu and truly destroy Emperor Xuanwu. Zong Ze said.

"This time, our number of soldiers and horses is several times that of Emperor Xuanwu! In addition, the hatred between Emperor Xuanwu and the Jin State is also very deep, and the Jin State should also mobilize troops! At that time, it will be the end of Emperor Xuanwu! This Emperor Xuanwu, I must personally catch him, make him kneel in front of me, and then break him into thousands of pieces! Zhang Jun sneered.

He had an unusual hatred for Zhao Chen, and a few years ago outside Xiangzhou City, instead of catching Zhao Chen, he was defeated by Yue Fei, and he felt that it was a great shame at that time. Later, when they united with the Jurchens to march west, they were defeated by Zhao Chen and the whole army was annihilated, and he hated Zhao Chen even more. Now Zhang Jun has regarded Zhao Chen as his biggest enemy in life and vowed to kill Zhao Chen.