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Chapter 931 Chapter Dun: Why didn't King Duan commit suicide?
"What! Zhang Dun led troops to block the river bank?"

When this news reached the ears of Zhao Ji who had just left the palace, the expression of the Emperor Beishou couldn't help but change.

There is both anger and fear.

Just like his attitude towards Zhang Dun.

He not only hoped that this old minister who had always looked down upon him would die, but also had a feeling of keeping him at arm's length.

He hurriedly said to Wan Yangao, who was admiring his nine sons: "That old thief Zhang Dun is greedy for power, acts like a domineering, and has never put me in his eyes. The gold envoy will work hard to get rid of this fang!"

Wanyan Gao was really pleasantly surprised by the number of Zhao Ji's offspring. The conditions of the people in the Central Plains are too good. They have so many children at such a young age. If the Jurchens had this fertility, they would have grown up long ago.

And when he heard Zhang Dun coming, he was even more delighted: "At this time when Zhao Song is alive and dead, Your Majesty should abandon the old grievances and persuade Zhang Xianggong to go north with us!"

Compared with a little-known figure like Sun Fu, Zhang Dun's status in the Song court is quite unusual. He is well-known in the Liao Kingdom. Naturally, the top Jurchen officials have heard of this name. Take them to the north together, that would be a great harvest!

Zhao Ji's face suddenly changed: "This person sees me like a thorn in my flesh, how can I take him to hunt north?"

"Your Majesty's words are wrong. Beishou is for him to return to the south. With Mr. Zhang's prestige, how can we miss it?"

Wanyan Gao recognized the weakness of the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, and after having the prince to go north, his attitude became a bit tougher: "I hope Your Majesty will help you, don't make mistakes!"

Zhao Ji's reputation was already extremely bad, and what he saw with his own eyes before, probably lost all prestige in the hearts of Song officials. Such a king, like the descendants of Gaoli Xianzong, does not have much ruling role, so Wanyan Agu took care of him, Zhao Ji's heirs are more important than Zhao Ji.

Now his heirs are all here, at such a young age, they are simply born puppets...

Yo, there is still an infant, this unknown blood of the Zhao Song royal family, once raised, can you not get close to their golden people?
In this way, Zhao Ji's role will be even lower.

In other words, Zhao Ji's biggest role now is to attract more Song officials to go north.

So how could they miss Zhang Dun?
Zhao Ji was keenly aware of this change, and was filled with shock and anger. He never expected that the group of Jurchens would lose their composure before he left Jinling. Their facial features were distorted, and they were so angry that they clenched their fists: "Okay! I'll just persuade Zhang Xiang!"

In just a few words, the river bank is far away.

In order to avoid the inspection of the Yan army's spies, the Jurchen ship did not land at the pier in Jinling, but found a hidden place. After making sure that it was safe, Wan Yangao formally took the Zhao Song royal family over.

But compared to the smooth journey before, there were hundreds of people on the bank of the river at this time, and the old man in the lead was Zhang Dun.

Zhang Xianggong, who was no longer in the court, put on the purple robe again. The robe fluttered, and his pale beard and hair fluttered in the wind, but his waist was straight. Wanyan Gao couldn't help but secretly nodded when he saw it.

Compared with the weakness and incompetence of Emperor Zhao Song, this person's appearance and bearing are only suitable for such a vast and fertile territory!

It's a pity that the other party is not the master, but a minister, and a minister who is feared and hostile by the king...

Of course, this is good news for the Kingdom of Jin. One day, this fertile land in the south will become a hunting ground for the Jurchens to roam freely!
However, Zhao Ji didn't know what this alien friend was thinking at all. Even if he knew, he probably wouldn't care about the future. Let’s hunt north with me, with the help of our ally Jin Guo, when the time is right, we can return to the Central Plains and recover the rivers and mountains!”

Compared with Zhao Ji being protected by the Jurchen group, Zhang Dun came out in a row, followed by two black men on the left and right, and said: "If your majesty wants to restore the rivers and mountains, you might as well go to the front line and defend Jinling to the death, so as to inspire the fighting spirit of the southerners. After accumulating prestige for a hundred years, in the future there will be righteous men who will raise the banner and continue Song Guozuo!"

Zhao Ji gritted his teeth: "Jin Envoy, listen, is this what a courtier should say? This old man has long been disobedient!"

Wan Yangao smiled lightly, in his heart he agreed with the other party's approach, of course he still had to stand by Zhao Ji's side: "The old man has a strong temper, His Majesty should comfort him, we are thinking about the long-term future, we can't gamble for a moment .”

Zhao Ji agreed: "This statement won my heart! Zhang Gong, I will convey the words of the Jinshi once again. The Yan army is powerful. We should not be a chariot with mantis arms. We should plan for the future to prepare for unexpected events!"

Wanyan Gao was a little helpless, no matter what he said, his morale was much weaker.

And Zhang Dun on the opposite side sneered even more: "My Great Song Dynasty is a country in the sky, and all the countries pay tribute. Which country's envoy is the Jin envoy? Please forgive the old minister for being ignorant and ignorant. I have never heard of such a country! Is there a founding ceremony? Are there any countries watching the ceremony?"

Zhao Ji explained: "Mr. Zhang went to the Liao Kingdom as an envoy. You should know that there is a Jurchen family in the Northeast, with strong troops and horses. After destroying Goryeo, Jin is Jurchen's homeland to establish a country in Goryeo!"

Zhang Dun asked: "Since you are a Khitan slave and you have conquered neighboring countries, you have the permission of the Liao Emperor to establish a country?"

Wan Yangao had no choice but to come forward: "Koryo to our family is indeed something that His Majesty the Liao Emperor approved early on. Those who are strong in soldiers and horses are the emperors. Don't you know this truth?"

This obviously refers to the Yan army, Zhang Dun shook his head: "If only relying on the strength of the army, the king of Yan would never have the tendency to sweep the world today, and I don't expect the barbarians to understand the truth. Since you rely on your own force, there is no need Say, just attack it!"

Wanyan Gao didn't want to launch a large-scale confrontation, so as not to disturb the Yan army, his eyes turned and fell on those outstanding soldiers: "The old man also has many strong generals under his command, if you want to test my Jurchen's force, why not send How about a fight between the two generals?"

Zhang Dun said indifferently: "Then you will be disappointed. The group of sons under the old man's command, the biggest official position is Bao Yilang, but the lowest-ranking officer in the army, not to mention a general."

Wanyan Gao was slightly stunned, stretched out his hand and pointed, and landed on a group of black servants: "This person is full of blood, and he is fighting on the battlefield, isn't he a fierce general?"

Song Jiang remained silent until this time and said coldly: "My brother's name is Li Kui. He has always fought one against a hundred. He is just an ordinary soldier in the army!"

"It's a pity...it's a pity...your country's rewards and punishments are uneven, no wonder there is such a big defeat!"

Wan Yangao shook his head and sighed, and then suggested: "Since that's the case, I don't want to fight a hundred with one, as long as this warrior can win ten Jurchen warriors by himself, I will leave immediately without saying anything. how?"

As soon as he finished speaking, ten burly Jurchen men appeared from the left and right, and they looked over intently.

But this is pushing the conversation to the corner step by step. The fighting generals are unwilling, and there should be no more scruples in the confrontation between soldiers. Zhang Dun nodded slightly, and Song Jiang immediately said: "Tie Niu, let these Jurchens see and see me." The majesty of the great man of the Song Dynasty!"

Li Kui was gearing up for a long time. Seeing that there were only ten people, he couldn't help jumping out shouting: "Eat my axe!"

The two sides charged forward in great strides, and soon they fought hand to hand, fighting together.

"Clang—clang—!!"

"Drink—wow—!!"

Amidst the intertwined sound of weapons colliding and big men shouting, Song Jiang's complexion changed slightly.

Li Kui is not invincible in every direction, and sometimes suffers losses when confronting enemy generals, but against superior soldiers, he can easily defeat a hundred with one enemy, and every time the Song army wins a big victory, Li Kui will take the lead in rushing to kill and tearing the soldiers apart. Open the enemy's formation.

It was the first time he saw that Li Kui couldn't take down only ten soldiers of the enemy. Even if these soldiers were carefully selected personal guards, Song Jiang felt terrified.

Zhang Dun also knew that there was a gangster under Song Jiang's command who had killed the most enemies and could be called a human slaughter on the battlefield, so he agreed to this battle.

Seeing that it was not going well, his eyes suddenly became serious: "No wonder King Yan is so serious about Jurchen. If this barbarian outside the Great Wall is not contained, it will be a serious problem for the north in the future... We must not let the barbarians harm our Central Plains!"

So far, the most humiliating period in the history of the Han people is the chaos of the Five Dynasties, which set off a long confrontation between the Northern and Southern Dynasties. In the previous Five Dynasties, the cession of the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun also made the Central Plains suffer from the threat of Khitan cavalry.

Now that the land of Yanyun is finally back, this is also the biggest reason why King Yan is so popular, and the subjects of the world never want to go back to that moment.

The dispute between Song and Yan is a change of dynasty within the Han people. How can it make sense for foreigners to benefit?

"This black guy is so lucky!"

Wanyan Gao was actually very solemn, he thought that with the cooperation of his ten personal guards, he could take down any general, but he didn't expect the two sides to be in a stalemate, the big man killed more and more ruthlessly, and unexpectedly gained the upper hand.

Fortunately, two quarters of an hour later, both sides were a bit out of energy, Wan Yangao took the opportunity to say: "He is really a good guy, how about a draw this time?"

Zhang Dun nodded slightly: "OK!"

Song Jiang called Li Kui back who was full of reluctance. Seeing that the other party was not procrastinating, Wan Yangao couldn't help admiring him even more, and said, "Old Master, my country of Jin sincerely invites you to go north. If you have conditions, you might as well put forward them!"

Zhang Dun's eyes moved slightly, and he suddenly jumped over Zhao Ji, and landed on the concubines and many princes and daughters behind him: "Your Excellency, the real target of this visit is probably my royal family of Zhao Song?"

Wanyan Gao changed slightly: "The old man misunderstood, we are taking your country's official family to the north, and the royal family is just incidental."

Zhang Dun was originally probing, but when he saw the other party's reaction, he knew that his guess was correct, so he couldn't help being more vigilant and made up his mind: "The meaning of the Kingdom of Jin, the old man knows, it's just that the people of the grassland don't value etiquette, justice and shame after all. What a notoriety it has come!"

He pointed at Zhao Ji, and his old voice echoed everywhere: "This man has no right to kill his mother, and heaven and earth will not tolerate it. The Queen Mother has an imperial edict, and within the edict, he has long ordered the old minister to depose this faint king and relegate him to King Duan!"

"If the envoy of Jin asks King Duan to commit suicide in order to quell the grievances of the world, the old man may go north with you for the royal family of Zhao and Song!"

(End of this chapter)