Simulates history, but Chongzhen is the Divine Emperor at the beginning

Chapter 284 The Biggest Traitor: Zhao Gou!

【Mongolia?】

When this name came out of Brother Wanyan's mouth, you were stunned for a moment, because you suddenly felt a sense of temporal and spatial dislocation...

[The Mongols are actually not unfamiliar to you, because in the Ming Dynasty storyline of "The Prime Minister's Journey," the Ming Dynasty's founding emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang, established the Ming Dynasty by expelling the Mongol forces from the Yuan Dynasty. After being driven back to their homeland, the Mongols then engaged in over two hundred years of fighting with the Ming Dynasty, until the Prime Minister finally brought them to a complete end.]

In short, because the Ming Dynasty version of the Prime Minister's teachings is so deeply ingrained in your mind, you subconsciously associate Mongolia with the Ming Dynasty... Therefore, when the word "Mongolia" appeared in this Wanyan brother's mouth, you were completely stunned.

However, you quickly realized: the presence of Mongolia here is not surprising at all, because Genghis Khan, the founder of the Mongol regime, was born during the Jin Dynasty!

According to the original history, after unification, the Mongols engaged in an extremely fierce war with the Jin Dynasty. Under Genghis Khan's powerful offensive, the once invincible Jin Dynasty was utterly defeated, forced to use princesses for marriage alliances, and even moved its capital from Zhongdu (Beiping) to Kaifeng, almost becoming a replica of the Northern Song Dynasty... Later, it finally could not hold on and was captured by the fierce Mongol-Song allied forces, who even hacked Emperor Aizong of Jin's body in half...

In short, this was a newly emerging regime with explosive fighting power. The Jin Dynasty in history performed no better than the Liao and Northern Song Dynasties it had destroyed. At most, it offered slightly more resistance, but that didn't stop it from being used as a training ground by the Mongols...

Thinking about it, you can't help but wonder: In the original history, the Mongols could easily defeat the Jin Dynasty, but now the Jin Dynasty possesses divine power. So what would the battle between the two sides look like? Theoretically, the mutated Jin soldiers should be able to easily defeat the Mongol cavalry, right?

However, the answer was quite unexpected: "The Mongols were too powerful. Although our Great Jin fought back fiercely, the two sides could not reach a decisive victory..."

[With a sigh, Wanyan slowly recounted another fierce battlefront besides the Song-Jin confrontation: Ever since Temujin unified the Mongol tribes, he had repeatedly invaded the Jin borders, and the fearless Mongol cavalry had routed the increasingly weakened Jin army!]

If it weren't for Marshal Wuzhu's heroic efforts to turn the tide, personally leading troops against the Mongols while simultaneously forming the "Bojilie Conference" with several members of the imperial clan to act as emperor, thus restoring the deteriorating military and political order of the Jin Dynasty to efficient operation, the Mongols would likely have already committed unspeakable acts of violence...

[For this reason, considering that the possibility of the Southern Song Dynasty launching a northern expedition was virtually zero, Marshal Wuzhu transferred a large number of his already limited southern troops to the northern front in order to maintain the war effort against the Mongols.]

Therefore, the southern garrison, with no battles to fight, could only watch helplessly as their comrades on the northern front were promoted and made rich...

That's why Brother Wanyan wanted to transfer you to the northern front together, so we could get promoted and make money together!

This kindness is truly touching...

However, your focus isn't on his good intentions, but rather on some crucial information he inadvertently revealed!

[Firstly, as in history, the Jin dynasty gradually declined militarily. The nobles indulged in pleasure and lost themselves in the dazzling world of the Central Plains. They had long lost the high level of fighting power and will to fight that their ancestors had possessed. They couldn't even defeat the Mongol steppe nation. If it weren't for old fogies like Wanyan Wuzhu still being alive, they would probably have perished at the hands of the Mongols long ago...]

Secondly, there was the Jin Dynasty's current political system: it was not a traditional feudal imperial system, but rather a constitutional monarchy similar to the "Bojilie Conference." State power was not in the hands of the emperor, but rather held by veteran generals and members of the imperial family, such as Wanyan Wuzhu.

As for why? You can't help but think of the "Emperor of the Jin Dynasty" you saw in your past life: that blind, foolish, and indescribable being, he probably really couldn't handle state affairs...

Thirdly, there's the Mongolians' unpredictable fighting prowess!

In an era where both the Song, Jin, and Northern and Southern Dynasties possessed their own formidable powers, it's hard to imagine any regime other than the Southern Song Dynasty capable of directly confronting the Jin Dynasty!

[After all, you've seen Jin soldiers in your past life. Those powerful Jin soldiers, who could still obey Wuzhu's orders after their mutation, were even more powerful than the Southern Song Dynasty. Even Yue Fei, Han Shizhong, and the other four generals of the Southern Song Dynasty couldn't defeat them... If it weren't for Zhao Gou's divine power protecting them, the Southern Song Dynasty would have been destroyed by hundreds of thousands of Jin soldiers long ago!]

Therefore, what kind of ancient god's kin must the Mongols have been able to suppress the Jin Dynasty?!

Thinking about it this way, you can't help but wonder... Could it be that besides Zhao Gou and the Jin emperor, there were other monsters and demons in this world?

[So you curiously asked Brother Wanyan: Could Genghis Khan be a version of the Divine Emperor?] [However, Brother Wanyan shook his head: No… The reason the two sides are at a stalemate now is not because the Mongols are so strong, but because our Great Jin is too weak…]

"Since Emperor Taizu destroyed the Liao and Emperor Taizong destroyed the Song, our Great Jin has rapidly grown from a small tribe between the Changbai Mountains and the Heilongjiang River into the master of the Central Plains... And those powerful and noble people have never seen the dazzling world of the Central Plains. Once they fall in, they can't extricate themselves!"

"They are corrupt, they indulge in sensual pleasures, they abuse their power for personal gain... And as the saying goes, what the superiors do, the inferiors follow. The powerful and wealthy indulge themselves, and our Jurchen warriors have also fallen into depravity. The heroes who once destroyed the Liao and Song dynasties with their iron cavalry can now not even draw a bow, cannot hold a sword, and even struggle to mount a horse..."

[Wanyan, clenching his fist in exasperation, said, "How can we possibly govern the Great Jin Dynasty well by following such powerful figures?!"]

"It is precisely because of the various declines in the Great Jin Dynasty that we have fallen to the point where we cannot even defeat the Mongol savages. If it weren't for Marshal Wuzhu, we would probably have been defeated long ago..."

[This Wanyan brother, who possesses royal blood, is clearly a man of ambition and insight. He is furious about the decline of the Jin Dynasty, and even uttered such sharp, rebellious words to your face!]

However, after hearing his reasoning, you felt quite puzzled: That's...that's all?

"No way! How could the Jin Dynasty be defeated by the Mongols over such a trivial matter? I'm not exaggerating, but based on the combat power of the mutated Jin soldiers you saw in your past life, even if the Jin Dynasty were completely rotten, they absolutely could not possibly be defeated by a Mongol tribe without divine power!"

This is the difference between having divine power and not having it; the two sides shouldn't even be on the same level...

So you cautiously asked... and when Brother Wanyan heard your question, he immediately rolled his eyes!

He retorted irritably, "Do you think this is a war against the Southern Song Dynasty? The Mongols aren't those Southern Song guys with supernatural powers; they're just mortals. They won't trigger any divine reactions from us!"

"In other words, we only temporarily enter our enhanced state when fighting against the Southern Song Dynasty, and when fighting against other ordinary soldiers, we will reveal our true form..."

"The Mongols are just ordinary people; they won't provoke our special abilities. When the two sides clash, we are just ordinary people too! As a result, the decline of the Jin military is very serious... Only Marshal Wuzhu can still fight the Mongols with his experience in commanding troops; otherwise, we really can't defeat the Mongols..."

【you:……】

【you:…………】

When you finally snap out of your daze after hearing what Wanyan had said, you're left speechless: Well, so gold comes with a "quantum superposition state"!

Fighting the Southern Song Dynasty meant everyone was a superhuman!

[To fight the Mongols is to be utterly useless; they can't even ride a horse properly!]

So only the Southern Song Dynasty was playing high-level games, while everyone else was just playing novice matches in bronze-level games...

Thinking about it this way, you suddenly feel an extremely unsettling sense of officialdom towards Zhao Gou, the deity of Lin'an.

[Your Majesty, it turns out you were the biggest traitor in the Song Dynasty's northern expedition to the Central Plains!]

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(End of this chapter)