Zongze is actually in his sixties this year. Logically speaking, Zongze should be gray-haired, but he still looks as majestic as a middle-aged man. No wonder Zhao Huan admired this strong man at first sight. This Of course, Zongze, who is of a similar age, is not an impulsive young man, nor is he a reckless man.
As early as thirty-two years ago, when he was thirty-three years old, Zongze had passed all the way and entered the palace examination, becoming the envy of countless students.
But in the most secure palace examination, he did the most "stupid" thing.
He didn't listen to the question and didn't care whether the question was correct. He directly wrote a book of ten thousand words describing the current shortcomings of the Song Dynasty. He hoped that the original Majesty could listen to his ministers' voices and change the current situation of the Song Dynasty.
Then....he failed without a doubt.
Over the past thirty years, I started as a county captain, patrolled river embankments, served as county magistrate, and served as a general judge. It can be said that I have reached this position step by step.
Although he is not high, he has a clear conscience. Wherever he goes, he protects the people and allows them to live in peace and contentment.
For the sixty-five-year-old Zongze, this can actually be said to be his first time leading troops in a war.
Oh, no, now he has almost no soldiers!
Zongze, who was over sixty years old, did not come to the front line of Cizhou alone. He brought a dozen soldiers with him.
It's just that these soldiers are not more than 800 years old in total.
A group of old, weak, sick and disabled people were brought to the front line by Zongze. They knew that this was an insult to Zongze by those in the court, and of course Zongze also knew it.
Along the way, he didn't encourage morale, didn't say much, he just rushed towards Cizhou with his troops non-stop.
Just after entering the territory of Cizhou, they saw the current scene around Cizhou, which can be described in one word.
awful!
Everywhere you look, there are corpses and blood, sporadic flames rising, and black walls and beams.
The elderly, children, and countless men were all tortured to death on the streets of villages and in the wild fields. Almost everywhere they could see was filled with corpses.
The death was very miserable, and there were no bodies of women, especially young and beautiful women.
They had no doubts. They were all veterans who had been on the battlefield for a long time. Of course they knew where the women in these places had gone.
"Keep moving forward, enter the city first!" Zongze didn't stop too much and continued moving forward, "The Jin people come and go like the wind, and it is a fact that they kill bravely, but they have insufficient logistics and insufficient food.
They are good at plundering but have no sustained power. Most importantly, they are not good at defending cities.
They certainly didn’t expect that now we would go upstream into Cizhou and confront them again! "
After Zongze's explanation, everyone finally became a little calmer and continued to move forward into Cizhou City not far away.
The city was in ruins, corpses were everywhere, and there were even many places still burning with flames. At this time, there were no golden people in the city.
Zongze guessed correctly. The Jin people were not good at defending the city. After they destroyed Cizhou, they looted and then chose to withdraw. They robbed Cizhou of baggage, food, and women.
He took his loot and returned to the camp not far outside the city.
What was left was an extremely shabby mess, a place with no hope at all.
Just like the eyes of the people in the city, there is no hope.
"Gather the people together, I am the new magistrate of Cizhou, in charge of all affairs inside and outside Cizhou..."
"I'm afraid these people won't care now!" An old soldier interrupted Zongze's words, with an unbearable look on his face, "There is no life in their eyes, they are already walking zombies."
This look was so familiar to him...
But Zongze did not change his mind because of his suggestion, and continued to order everyone to gather the remaining people in the city.
Not only that, he also asked these veterans to say a word to the people.
"If you want revenge, come to me and I will take you to take revenge!"
Perhaps this sentence really made many people regain their consciousness. One after another, people were guided or followed each other to the center of the city.
There was the former magistrate's mansion in Cizhou City, but it was now in ruins. Countless corpses were still spread out on the ground inside, making it very miserable.
Zongze looked at the thousands of people gathered in front of him, old and young, in a mess.
Of course, this is not all the people left in Cizhou City now, not even ten or two, but these are the seeds!
Zongze did not lose confidence because of the small number of people like them. Instead, he felt that this was an opportunity for the revival of the Song Dynasty.
"Everyone, I am Zongze, just an unknown old man from the Song Dynasty!" Although Zongze is over sixty, he still has a powerful voice and a powerful voice.
“I am fully aware of the humiliation you and others have suffered today, and I also deeply understand the resentment and pain in your hearts.
The Jin people control the land of our Song Dynasty, bully the people of our Song Dynasty, and plunder the wealth and women of our Song Dynasty. Those are your property and relatives, and they belong to me too!
Today, I swear here that I will definitely defend Cizhou and make Cizhou an indestructible nail, nailing it firmly in front of the Jin army so that they will not dare to advance further.
If I can't do it, let me die here, on the land of Cizhou! "
"Of course, I won't just talk to you based on empty words. If you are not afraid of death, you can go to this city to find weapons and horses.
I only need a hundred people, I only need a hundred people!
I will lead them into the Jin army camp to kill the golden dog and avenge you and the Song Dynasty! "
After Zongze finished speaking, he asked someone to light a stick of incense in the dilapidated Zhizhou mansion, and told them that they only had time to burn the incense.
After the incense burns out, if there are one person, he will take away one person, if there are ten people, he will take away ten people, if there are a thousand people, he will take away the fastest one hundred people!
Everyone looked at the man with some silvery hair appearing. They had never heard of Zongze's name, but today they had this name engraved in their hearts.
This was the first man who dared to tell them that he would take them to seek revenge, although most of them did not believe it.
"Then just wait here and come back as soon as you go to a certain house!"
Suddenly a loud roar came from the crowd, and a man who was not considered strong turned away and headed towards the city. He knew where the weapons were and where the horses would appear.
In the hands of Cizhou soldiers who died in battle!
This man's actions caused more and more people to turn over and leave, all looking for weapons and horses, while more people chose to wait and see.
They wanted to see what this guy who suddenly appeared was capable of.
The time for burning incense passed quickly, and less than a hundred generals gathered in front of Zongze.
Looking at the people who were still coming in the distance, Zongze did not wait. He chose to pull out the horse stick on the side, got on his horse, and shouted to the people in front of him.
"Ask me one last time, do you regret it?"
"not regret!"
"not regret!"
"not regret!"
Three loud roars announced their answer.
At this moment, Zongze finally roared in counterattack, "Soldiers, follow me to the battle!"
This roar is not only for these remaining people, but also for Zongze himself. He has wanted to roar this out since thirty-two years ago...
No, it wasn't thirty-two years ago, it started when Zongze saw the enemy burning, killing, and looting on the land of the Song Dynasty. Zongze had been hiding for who knows how many years with this roar.
"Kill the thief!" With the roar, less than a hundred riders rushed out so quickly, rushed out of the street, and rushed out of Cizhou City.
In the wilderness outside the city, a group of Jin scouts who had returned from inspection were fighting with each other. Their war horses still had their trophies.
There are gold and jade utensils, several bags of food, and several women who are struggling and crying.
Facing these women, the golden scouts were merciless. After reprimanding them to no avail, they immediately whipped them with whips. The severe pain began to make them understand what tameness meant.
Just as they were discussing how they should play with these trophies tonight, the sound of horse hooves suddenly came from a distance.
Years of fighting have also made these Jin scouts sharp enough, although I don't know who else here can be the enemy of their golden cavalry.
But the caution left over from years of fighting still kept them on the alert, drawing out their weapons and getting ready for a counterattack.
Flying dust rose up, and the so-called enemy appeared in front of the Jin Bing scouts. When they saw that there were only more than a hundred people, they were still so disorganized.
At this moment, all the Jinbing scouts couldn't help laughing.
Even though they only have less than ten people, they are the warriors of Dajin, while the opposite side is just a group of weak Song people.
Back then, it became a joke that the hundreds of thousands of soldiers from the Song Dynasty could not hold out for even one round under the charge of thousands of their cavalry. Now these more than a hundred people are really not even a joke.
"Kill them all!" A golden scout drew out his sword and charged towards them with a sinister smile on his face.
He was so arrogant that he did not even throw away the trophies on his horse, because he felt that these Song soldiers were not worthy of being so cautious.
Just like him, his companions rushed towards the weak Song people with their trophies, imagining how these enemies would cry for their fathers and mothers in the next moment.
Only this time they hit the iron plate completely.
"Hey~" Before the two armies engaged, an arrow shot out from Zongze's hand quickly, and then inserted into the throat of a golden man without mercy, opening up the situation.
When Zongze saw that the Jin people were so careless, he knew that he would definitely win, because the Jin people who refused to abandon the spoils of war directly lost their advantage in riding and shooting with bows and arrows.
And Zongze... is also good at riding and shooting!
Regardless of his results, Zongze, who shot an arrow, bent his bow again and set up an arrow. Taking advantage of the gap between the two sides, he shot four arrows in a row, killing two golden soldiers and wounding one.
After the last arrow was shot, Zongze was no more than ten steps away from the enemy. Looking at the angry and ferocious Jin man, Zongze calmly threw the bow and arrow into his hand and directly took Ma Shan in his hand again. .
The moment the two horses met, Zongze dodged the opponent's attack, and at the same time, the horse in his hand directly passed through the opponent's throat.
Behead the general and kill the enemy!
