December of the second year of Jingkang was particularly cold. The Yellow River, which has not been frozen for thousands of years, is also showing signs of freezing. The river has all but stopped flowing. But this is only a superficial phenomenon, and the deep river is still flowing eastward, and it will not stop until it enters the East China Sea. The flow of the river is like a faint thunder.

At this time, both sides of the Yellow River are covered with snow and a piece of ice, as if the land is dressed in filial piety. What was once a densely populated village is now dead and desolate. At a glance, there is always a feeling of tears.

But in the Zhuludu area, it is a different scene. More than 30,000 Protectors were as silent as rocks, but as unshakable as mountains. All the cavalry are men and horses in armor, the black armor reflects the cold winter sun, sabers, crossbows, and throwing spears, all exuding a murderous aura.

And all the infantry, also everyone is in armor, and long knives and spears are erected under the sky, forming a jungle of steel. Guo Jin and Li Heng, the tall standard-bearers of the People's Protector Army, are even more exaggerated, all wearing a gold-plated step armor, holding a flag in one hand and a shiny golden copper stick in the other, like two golden wrestlers from mythology.

On the side of the Protector Army, there were 10,000 soldiers of Yang Zaixing. This is a mixed soldier of 10,000 foot cavalry. Three thousand cavalry, seven thousand infantry. These soldiers were originally under Ma Hong and Liu You, but now they are under Yang Zaixing's command for only a few days, and under the rectification of the 300 elites of the Protector Army, they already have another style. Although the equipment of these soldiers is far from that of the Protectors, more than half of them are wearing battle armor.

The pontoon bridge of Zhuludu hangs over the vast Yellow River, and when the north wind blows, it will always sway, and it seems that it will collapse at any time. But none of the tens of thousands of soldiers who were about to step onto the pontoon bridge were fearful.

Their eyes did not look at the pontoon bridge at all, but crossed the Yellow River and were surveying the uninhabited villages on the north bank of the Yellow River. More than half of these soldiers were from Hebei West Road, and now that they saw their warm home become such a scene, all the soldiers had a raging anger in their eyes.

This is all a good thing that Golden Dog does! Wherever these barbarians slain from the wilderness, cities were reduced to ruins and villages to soot. When they came to the Central Plains, they definitely did not come to Fengtian to carry the people and fight crimes, like some shameless scholars. Song Huizong is mediocre and traitorous is brutal, but compared with these barbarians, it is definitely a hundred times better.

As Yue Shuaiping said every day, these golden dogs came to the Central Plains, definitely not just to grab a handful and leave. They want to kill all the people of the Central Plains and turn the land of the Central Plains into their pastures.

Although there are many families who surrender to the golden dog, there are also many who rebel. Nowadays, on Hebei West Road, from Mengzhou in the south, to Xiongzhou in the north, there are men everywhere who are unwilling to be slaves to fight against Jin. Thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, there is blood burning everywhere.

Liu Lixian, Liu Yiyun, Mr. Chuang, Ma Kuo, Wang Yan, Zhang Gong, and the unnamed rebels, each army was fighting against the Jin soldiers, and fighting against the servant army that the Jin soldiers had gathered.

Although they fought hard, none of the rebels surrendered to the Jin soldiers.

Now, the Protector Army of the Central Plains is about to cross the Yellow River, join forces with all the bloody rebels who resisted the Jin Army, and defeat Wanyan Zonghan, who has made the greatest contribution to the Jin State.

Although Wanyan Zonghan was invincible for half his life, in the eyes of these protectors, it was because Zong Han was lucky that he did not meet Yue Shuai. If he had met Yue Shuai earlier, Zong Han would have been wiped out long ago, and he would have died.

Compared with these soldiers with high morale, Yue Fei was a little uneasy in his heart. Zong Han is not a perfect silver technique, nor is he a sand ancient quality, there is only one Zong Han in the whole world. This person's half-life exploits, destroying the Xi people, destroying the Bohai Kingdom, and destroying the Great Liao, can be said to have laid down most of the land of the Jin Kingdom with his own strength. Although in the battle to destroy the Song Dynasty, the limelight is not as good as Wanyan Zongwang, it does not mean that Zong Han is easy to match.

Of course, Yue Fei is not a person who is self-sufficient. Although Zong Han is powerful, it does not mean that he cannot be defeated. But what gave Yue Fei a headache was that Zong Han's forces had an absolute advantage.

Although the Protector Army has surrendered 10,000 Han'er troops as cavalry, the total number of cavalry is less than 20,000. As for the infantry, there was only Zhang Xian's 1st Infantry Division. In the face of 90,000 genuine Jurchen iron horsemen, and more than 200,000 Jurchen servant troops, there is really no chance of winning.

Although the soldiers are fine but not many. But it depends on whose hands it is. If these Jurchen iron horsemen were handed over to Tong Guan, the father of the Dajin Kingdom, Yue Fei would be very sure to defeat them. But under Zong Han's command, Yue Fei had no chance of winning.

Although there is no chance of winning, crossing the river has to be done. The anti-gold situation on Hebei West Road is extremely severe. Even Niu Gao, who has always been bolder than the sky, sent Yue Fei two letters of contention information, asking Yue Fei to order him to withdraw to Taihang Mountain.

That's why Yue Fei made the decision to cross the river to the north. Although the risk is high, it is not without a chance to win. Now the back road of the Jin soldiers is being harassed by the army led by Mr. Chuang, and the Huazhou and Kaide Mansion to be attacked have been repeatedly attacked, but a lot of troops have been scattered, and Zong Han is at odds with the deputy marshal Wanyan Xiyin, and the Jin soldiers are not in harmony, which is a good opportunity to win in the chaos.

"Pengju, this time you go north, you will face Zong Han's hundreds of thousands of gold troops alone. If you can win, you will win, and if you can't win, you can retreat to Taihang Mountain. Don't forget your life. Don't forget, now you are responsible not only for the Protectors, but also for the millions of people in Yingtianfu. ”

The thin Zong Ze stood on the bank of the Yellow River, and was telling Yue Fei who was stepping on the pontoon bridge with one foot.

Yue Fei both felt and admired, and secretly said in his heart, Zong Shuai is the real scholar, not only has a backbone, but also has a conscience and humanity. He had not only the position of king in his heart, but also the place of the common people.

So Yue Fei clenched his fists and said, "The student doesn't dare to forget Zong Shuai's advice. This time to the north, if you can fight, you will fight, and if you can't fight, you will avoid. But the student dared to guarantee that as long as the student did not die, Zong Han would never dare to cross the river and go south. ”

Zong Ze stroked his gray beard and said with a smile, "Since that's the case, I'm relieved." ”

Yang Zaixing was covered in armor, standing beside Yue Fei like an iron man. Zong Ze turned his gaze to Yang Zaixing again, and said with the same serious expression, "Zaixing, you have the courage to be unstoppable, which is why this commander sent you north." But your courage is also the reason why Ben Shuai is worried. ”

Yang Zaixing clenched his fists and said, "Zong Shuai has a life, and Zaixing has nothing to do." ”

Zong Ze said, "Zaixing, when you go north this time, you must not be brave. And now behind thee are ten thousand soldiers whom thou hast commanded. You have to keep that in mind. Don't go into battle with a negative attitude. ”

Yang Zaixing nodded and said loudly, "The last general remembers." ”

Zong Ze beckoned, and a pro-soldier sent a large bowl of wine. Zong Ze took the wine in his hand, looked at the north bank of the Yellow River, and said impassionedly, "Hebei West Road is the heart of my Emperor Song, but now it is galloped by the Jin soldiers, which is really a shame for my Emperor Song." Pengju, Zaixing, you go north this time, shouldering the heavy responsibility of guarding Hebei West Road. I hope that the two of you will live up to the expectations of the world and successfully repel Zong Han. Come, I salute you a bowl of wine. ”

Yue Fei and Yang Zaixing each held a large bowl of wine and drank it all in one gulp.

Yue Fei said sharply, "Yue Fei swore to the Yellow River that in his lifetime, he would not destroy the Jin Kingdom and swear not to be a man." The shame that Jin brought to us the Song people will be recovered a hundredfold. ”

Yang Zaixing also shouted loudly, "Yang Zaixing also swore to the Yellow River that he has no other wishes in this life, but only wants to kill all the Jin Yu and defend my Central Plains." ”

"Okay, good, good one to kill all the golden captives, defend my Central Plains." Zong Ze was very happy, and laughed loudly, "Po Xian has clouds, the rivers and mountains are picturesque, and there are many heroes at one time." Today's bamboo reed crossing, fierce generals like clouds, elite soldiers like rain, isn't it just the word of Po Xian. ”

At noon, it snowed again. Yue Fei clenched his fists and said goodbye to Zong Ze, and then shouted at the Protector Army, "Cross the river!" "Led the way to the pontoon.

"Cross the river! Crossing! Tens of thousands of Protectors raised their arms and chanted in unison. A group of people and horses, along the suspended pontoon bridge, walked to the north bank of the Yellow River without hesitation.

Closely followed by the Protector Army was Yang Zaixing's department. The 10,000 soldiers also did not hesitate. Although they are Ma Hong and Liu You's old subordinates, Ma Hong and Liu You have never regarded ordinary soldiers as human beings. Under Yang Zaixing, these rebels regained their pride in being human beings. Coupled with the careful rectification of the elite of the 300 Protector Army, these 10,000 soldiers have long forgotten Ma Hong and Liu You and have become Yang Zaixing's hardcore descendants.

Looking at tens of thousands of elite soldiers walking to the north bank of the Yellow River, they set up a strict formation on the north bank of the Yellow River, ready to advance towards the West Hebei Road at any time. The old handsome Zong Ze couldn't help but burst into tears. Since the Jingkang Rebellion, Zong Ze led his troops to Qin Wang, but was repeatedly squeezed out by the courtiers and sent him to Cizhou, the northernmost part of Hebei West Road, as the prefect. Because it was too close to the Jin Bing base camp, no one dared to follow Zong Ze north. Only more than 100 pro-troops followed Zong Ze to Cizhou. On the way to Cizhou, Zong Ze accepted Yue Fei, who came to join the army. But despite Yue Fei's help, Zong Ze still couldn't gain a foothold in Cizhou. Because he had just recovered Cizhou, the officials vying for power demoted him. Zong Ze led Yue Fei to Xiangzhou again, and took refuge in Zhao Gou, the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, trying to persuade Zhao Gou to send troops to Bianliang. But Zhao Gou had the heart of self-reliance at this time, sitting on hundreds of thousands of righteous troops, but he did not send a single soldier to Bianliang. It was not until the fall of Bianliang and the capture of the second emperor that Zhao Gou sent troops to occupy the empty city of Bianliang.

Zong Ze has worked hard for several years, not only did he not recover an inch of land, but he watched the Jin soldiers wreaking havoc, but there was nothing he could do. Since going south to Bianliang, Zong Ze has never forgotten to cross the Yellow River in the north. Seeing that the surrender faction of the DPRK and China Wang Boyan and Huang Qianshan were gaining more and more power, and the main battle faction was demoted one by one, Zong Ze was disheartened, thinking that it was hopeless to cross the river for this life.

But today, his favorite student Yue Fei went north with tens of thousands of elites who repeatedly broke the golden soldiers. Although he didn't cross the river himself, he was not much closer. Since Yue Fei joined the army, he has won every battle. Going north this time will presumably also allow Zong Han to plant a big fight.

Thinking of the past events, Zong Ze's heart was agitated, and he unconsciously shed tears. He held the wine bowl in one hand and raised his arms to shout, "Cross the river!" Crossing. ”

Although his voice was weak and hoarse, it had traveled thousands of miles through time and space, and had been echoing in the sky over China that was unwilling to be enslaved. In another time and space, he shouted to cross the river on his deathbed, but died with hatred. But in this time and space, Yue Fei will never let the tragedy happen again.

Standing on the north bank of the Yellow River, Yue Fei looked at Zong Ze, who was in a blurred figure on the south bank, and muttered, "Zong Shuai, since the student crossed the river on your behalf, he will definitely not let you down." ”