vrcanaries Chapter 342 The Drums of the Golden Army
Chapter 342 The Drums of the Golden Army
"Just when the Jurchens were at their wits' end, one of them (Wanyan Luosuo) offered a suggestion, saying: 'Don't we know how strong the Song people are?!'"
"They look like they have a lot of people, but who knows what they're really like? They're relying on the natural defenses, so we definitely can't fight them head-on. Why don't we put out all the war drums in our army to make a show of force and scare them?"
"After all, their king was so frightened by our second prince that he immediately handed over the money and the three towns!"
"Sometimes I'm not afraid of enemies with brute force, but I'm afraid of people with brains, especially when a group of brainless, fearful people on my side are disrupting the overall situation."
"So the Jin army on the western route agreed to the idea, brought out all the drums in the army, tied sheep to them, and used the sheep's legs to beat the drums all night, so that the Song army on the other side would think that the Jin army was crossing the river!"
"I must say, this idea was really good. The Song army on the other side was so terrified by how loud this thing was that they were completely out of their wits!"
"This group of people really thought the Jurchens were crossing the river with a clanging sound. They were already afraid of Jurchens, and this scare made them lose their minds!"
"But what's truly outrageous is that the Jurchens actually did just this one thing, and it terrified the Song army, causing them to scatter and flee!"
"When the Jin soldiers woke up the next morning and looked at the other side, they were probably laughing their heads off. There was no one left on the other side after just one night! So the Jin soldiers felt at ease and took a detour to cross the river."
"Then, this news reached Li Hui's troops nearby, and it had the same effect of frightening them. Nearly 10,000 cavalrymen immediately fled, and only Li Hui rode back to the capital to report the news!"
Li Erfeng of the Tang Dynasty (lip twitching): Isn't this a bit too exaggerated? Are all these soldiers just cowards who are afraid of death?
General Judy: These are the soldiers we recruited. It's not the first time they've fled without a fight!
Emperor Zhao Kuangyin of the Song Dynasty: I really don't want to admit it, but how could his Song Dynasty have lost like this?
Zhu Baba of the Ming Dynasty: Oh dear! You know how the army was on the verge of collapse at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty!
First Emperor: The policy for stabilizing the country was a disaster, and it has snowballed over the past century!
A minor official in the Qin Dynasty: It seems that most of the Song Dynasty is doomed!
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Seeing these comments, the descendants of the Zhao family really couldn't hold back anymore. At this rate, the Song Dynasty was definitely doomed!
If we had listened to Li Gang's advice back then and avoided those wrong decisions, how could the situation have turned out to favor the Jurchens now?
Unfortunately, there's no going back in life; once a mistake is made, it's a mistake. But they still didn't want to see the day when Kaifeng fell.
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Lin Ke, who was in the live stream on the other side, also found it ridiculous. Just because they were frightened, panic took over and the whole group of people ran away!
However, not everyone is the same. Among the generals of the Song Dynasty, there were still those who died from exhaustion, sacrificing their lives for their country.
Unfortunately, no matter how hard these people tried to turn the tide, they could not save the crumbling Zhao dynasty!
After a short while, Lin Ke continued, "The Jin army's western route, despite their successive victories, did not become arrogant or complacent."
"In order to prevent the Northwest Army from returning to defend the capital, he left about 50,000 troops to guard Tongguan."
"And Wang Xiang, the commander of the western route, who was previously mentioned as one of the four commanders, was equally uneasy upon learning of this situation."
"Especially when he learned that the Jurchens had already crossed the river and advanced eastward, his panic grew stronger the more he thought about it. No one had the same courage as Zong Ze, so this coward ran away, abandoning Luoyang, the western capital."
"Very good, the Jin people have once again been defeated by the Song court's idiots. After that, Yong'an Army and Zhengzhou surrendered one after another!"
"In the past few years, the Song court has essentially given up everything. Not only did it fail to reclaim Yan and Yun, it even lost its own original territory!"
As Lin Ke spoke, she grew angrier and angrier, wishing she could beat them up. How could the Song Dynasty be full of people like this!
"The Western Route Army is advancing rapidly, and soon they will be able to join forces with Wanyan Zongwang to attack Bianjing."
"Only at this point did Emperor Qinzong and his ministers realize that the Jurchens' wolfish ambition was to destroy the Song Dynasty!"
"So, Zhao Huan, you didn't listen to reliable advice like Zhong Shidao's, and when the situation was so favorable, you didn't seize the opportunity to resist the Jin."
"They insist on listening to that group leader and his faction, refusing to run away no matter what, and even set up some kind of four-way general manager and surrender envoy!"
"How did you come up with this idea? You've done a disservice to your ancestors who built such a great empire. Xijing is gone now, and it's too late. You should pack your bags and go sightseeing in the north!"
Emperor Qinzong of Song, Zhao Huan (weakly raising his hand): Miss Lin, you are an envoy ceding territory, not an envoy surrendering…
Emperor Shenzong of Song, Zhao Xu: ...Is there a difference?! You dare to ask?! You actually have the nerve to ask?!
General Judy (who led the Northern Expedition): ...@Zhao Kuangyin of the Song Dynasty, your grandson's thoughts are truly unique and his thought process is bizarre!!
Emperor Zhao Kuangyin of the Song Dynasty: ...This guy is at most my grand-nephew! ?
Zhu Baba of the Ming Dynasty: I almost forgot! This guy is from Zhao Guangyi's lineage! Looking at it this way, is Old Zhao more pitiful or you?
Emperor Zhao Kuangyin of the Song Dynasty (with his heart pierced): ?????…
Li Erfeng of the Tang Dynasty: It's really too late. We've almost lost everything, and they even claimed to have tens of thousands!
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