Chapter 202: Contradictions

'Bang, bang...' The muffled sound of gunfire echoed through the wilderness, breaking the silence as a horse galloped by, stirring up clouds of snow and mist. The knight on the horse with his hands off the reins, holding a spear in his hand, controlled the war horse under his crotch with his legs, his body rose and fell slightly with the horse's running, and the big puff draped on his body fluttered and flew with the wind, making his whole person look like a low-flying eagle skimming through the field!

'Bang' A red deer disturbed by the sound of gunfire had just jumped out from behind a low tree when it was hit by a hot projectile, and a stream of bloody arrows was freed from its neck, and it still kept a jumping posture as it fell.

'Bang' A cunning fox had just poked its head out of the grass to see what was going on, when a hole was punched in its head, and the blood mixed with the brain stained its beautiful fur.

'Bang' A lone wolf was frightened by the fierce aura, and tried to escape from this hellish place with its tail between its legs, but it was hit as soon as it ran up the dirt slope, and after two convulsions, it quickly turned into a strong corpse by the cold, and the horror in its eyes did not dissipate for a long time...

The knight on the horse seemed to be intoxicated with the thrill of killing, and every shot he shot took the life of a living being, when suddenly the gunfire stopped, and the horse was still galloping, the knight touched the tail of the gun, and an empty cartridge slipped off, and he quickly pulled out a new cartridge from his waist and stuffed it into the tail.

The gun turned in a circle in his right hand, the bullet was loaded, and there was another gunshot, and the bullet was ruthlessly shot out after only staying in the chamber for a moment, and a vulture that swooped down from the air to pick up a cheap one somersaulted in the air and crashed straight down. These seemingly simple actions, even a veteran who has served in the Loyal Army for many years, cannot be completed in an instant like him on a fast-flying warhorse!

In the New Year of the first year of Jingkang, Zhao Ta still had no relatives by his side, and he himself sometimes felt funny. He has two parents, nearly 100 brothers and sisters, and three wives, but God destined him to be a lonely person. Guarding the countless secrets in his heart but no one can confide in him, knowing that the building will fall. But he was imprisoned in the cage of history and could not break free, distressed, bored, like a trapped beast in his mind and chest...

'Bang' Zhao Ta rushed up a dirt slope on his horse, lightly reined the horse, raised his gun with one hand and shot the last bullet in the chamber into the sky with a long roar, as if he wanted to shoot down the god who was playing tricks on him, and the spear he raised was like a cocked middle finger laughing at the god of fate who was hiding in the corner to watch him steal fun!

God seemed to have really heard Zhao Ta's dissatisfied roar, and as soon as retribution was spoken, Zhao Ta's mount, who was dressed as cool, suddenly 'sucked and snorted' and stood up, lifting the unprepared prince off his horse. He ran away, but fortunately he reacted quickly, threw the reins, withdrew the stirrups, and the harrier turned over and staggered two steps to stand firm.

Without waiting for Zhao Ta to take a breath, 'Whew...' howled, the mud next to him suddenly burst out, the remnants of snow flew, and a black bear stood up from its tall figure, just now he shot and shouted here to attract the dissatisfaction of the big brother bear who hibernate in seclusion, and the war horse found the danger with the instinct inherited for tens of thousands of years, and abandoned Zhao Ta and fled first.

looked at the bear with red eyes and drooling that stood up more than Yao Ming. Zhao Ta didn't want to jump high on both feet, and slammed the gun with both hands with a move of 'Taishan Pressing', and there was a loud 'snap', and there was only one barrel left in his hand. If this is slapped on the head, even the iron float wearing an iron helmet will have to be smashed into the neck, but Brother Xiong just shook his beaten head and opened his arms to hug him.

Bears are grumpy. You are not afraid of anything when you start a fire, especially if you are disturbed by your sleep during hibernation. It's even more endless. Seeing the bear claws like short daggers swinging towards him, Zhao Ta was short and dodged the bear claws and tried to slip away. But Da Yu was fished out by the bear and dragged back alive.

He hurriedly untied the frenulum and rolled over to escape from under his claws, and his large sword had been bitten by the bear and turned into pieces in an instant, which made him feel distressed. But this did not make Brother Xiong angry, but aroused its ferocity even more, and pounced on Zhao Ta again.

Zhao Ta's heart was like lightning, and he wanted to fight, but his knives were all on the horse's back, and the horse had already run away, leaving only the barrel of the gun in his hand that he was not willing to throw away; If you want to run, on this hillside, Rao is nimble on his own, and he may not be able to run over the four-legged angry bear at such a close distance. But you can't sit still, Zhao Ta slammed the barrel of the gun in his hand into the bear's face with a 'whoosh'.

Whether a person or an animal is suddenly hit, it will instinctively flutter, and Zhao Ta did not retreat but flew up and kicked on the nose of the bear, the person borrowed the force to turn back, and when he landed, he pulled out the dagger from the boot with his hand, although it was only a ruler long, but it made him feel a lot more at ease.

The bear who slapped his face and kicked his nose screamed in pain, his nose can be said to be one of the few weaknesses in the bear, Zhao Ta can kick the thick wooden stake with all his strength, no matter how hard its bones are, at least it is a broken nasal cartilage, and the capillaries are ruptured, even if it is good, it is also a bear with a collapsed nose, and it is not easy to find a partner.

Blood dripping from the bear's nostrils, the bloody gas stimulated its ferocity even more, and pounced on Zhao Ta again, the bear has always been synonymous with clumsiness, but its fierce action is not slow, the bite is as fast as lightning, and the palm is like a wind sweeping the leaves, Zhao Ta did not dare to fight with it, but dodged left and right around the bear in a circle, and after a few rounds it was tired and out of breath.

When the bear's movements slowed down, Zhao Ta suddenly dodged to the left, and the bear immediately attacked, but he was a false move, and he turned to the right side with a sliding step. The bear's body had already pounced, but the target had already dodged to the other side, so it had to turn its head and open its mouth to bite, and as soon as its mouth was closed, its body had not yet fully turned, only to feel a flash of blue light, its eyes were stinging, and only darkness remained...

Zhao Ta quietly watched the furious bear howling in front of him, biting, and spinning around, but it was useless to consume his own strength in vain, and when it stood up again and pounced on the target in his imagination, it exposed its dead hole, revealing the crescent-shaped white hair on its chest, a dagger stabbed silently, turned over gently, and was pulled out in an instant, and a stream of blood arrows spewed out, dyeing Zhao Ta red up and down!

"Lord Wang..."The guard, who was far behind by Zhao Ta, shouted in shock when he found him sitting in front of a huge black bear covered in blood.

"It's okay, let's clean it up!" Zhao Ta waved his hand and said with a smile.

"Yes, Lord Wang!" The sand pile stepped forward to confirm that the prince was okay and replied with a sigh of relief, he hurriedly ordered his men to go down to find the prince's frightened mount, and then collected some firewood and grass to gather a fire in front of the prince, and took out a felt blanket from his backpack and put it on the prince, and then dealt with the bear that was hunted by the prince.

While peeling off the bear skin, the sand pile peeked at the prince, I don't know if the prince was tired or frightened, sitting motionless in front of the fire and watching them busy without saying a word, as if they were in a daze, as if they were thinking about something. But this reassured him, since the Jurchen entered the court, the prince has always been like this, sitting silently in the corner alone, staying motionless for a long time, no one knows what he is thinking, and at this time, even Xiye does not dare to go over to disturb...

There is no feast in the world, and there are not thousands of dynasties in history, but the death of the Northern Song Dynasty is really incredible. It is said that the demise of a country is not a trivial matter, especially for a dynasty that has been founded for two hundred years, Zhao Ta can't figure it out, even if the bear in front of him has been tossing with him for a while, and it is not an overnight thing to peel him off and cramp him next, and the Northern Song Dynasty has experienced two sieges, with the two emperors' 'West Hunting' is so weirdly over!

Judging from the current situation, the Great Song Dynasty had the strength to limit the scope of Jin people's activities to the north of the Yellow River in the early days of the war, and now the Jin army has been in the city in only a few months, and the reason for this result should be completely caused by the misbehavior of his father and brother.

As everyone knows, war depends on the economy, the economy supports the war, and war is to a large extent a contest of economic strength. However, regardless of manpower, material resources, and financial resources, the Jin Dynasty was far from the Northern Song Dynasty, which was second to none in the world at that time. In terms of manpower, at the beginning of the war against the Song Dynasty, the Jin Dynasty had only one million households in its jurisdiction, only about five or six million people. The Huizong period of the Song Dynasty was the most populous period of the Song Dynasty, with a total number of more than 20 million households and a total population of more than 100 million, nearly 20 times that of the Jin Dynasty at that time.

In terms of material resources, when the Jurchen aristocracy entered the Central Plains, they had no understanding of the importance of agriculture, so that the land was barren and production was withered. If the material resources of the Jin Dynasty were very limited, then after a century and a half of stable development and long-term accumulation in the Northern Song Dynasty, by the time of Huizong, the Northern Song Dynasty obviously had the advantage of being large and rich.

In terms of financial resources, there was no fixed financial income in the early years of the Jin Dynasty, and the Jin army went south to the Central Plains, and the soldiers mainly relied on plundering in addition to their own limited grain and grass, and from time to time they would fall into the dilemma of running out of food and grass, and could not support a slightly longer war. In the early period of the Northern Song Dynasty, the fiscal revenue was higher than that of the Tang Dynasty, and its financial situation was undoubtedly better. What's more, the fiscal revenue of the Song Dynasty was mainly used for military spending. Even under the tyrannical conquest, the Northern Song Dynasty's economic ability to support the war was incomparable to that of the Jin Dynasty.

Zhao Ta knew that the Northern Song Dynasty in history was defeated by the Jin Army's two southern expeditions, but at this moment there was still no bottom in his heart, who knew if Lu Dao God would play a joke with him again and let the Jurchens win in one battle, so his heart was full of contradictions, he was indecided, and he couldn't decide whether to fight or not, this contradictory psychology made Zhao Ta feel confused and tormented... (To be continued......)