After broadcasting the ancient times live, I handed the system over to the state.

'We can't die! We can't retreat! There are wives, children, and elderly parents behind the city!'

This was what countless soldiers guarding the city thought, yet seeing those ferocious Jurchen men filled them with dread.

A voice rang out, sending chills down everyone's spines.

"The general has surrendered! The general has surrendered!"

They stood there, futilely watching the blood-red setting sun in the sky, as countless Jin soldiers filed in, riding tall horses and slashing anyone who stood still, laughing loudly.

The defenders still wanted to put up a fight, but what was there to resist? They scattered in all directions. They were originally civilians and militia members drawn from the city, so naturally they hurried home to run away or hide with their wives, children, and elderly parents. Rumor had it that these Jin soldiers were all cannibals!

Even if they didn't eat people, they would still rape and abuse wives and daughters, and steal their valuables or food.

They had barely run a short distance when they were struck heavily by the Jurchens' weapons and fell into a pool of blood.

This is Yizhou, and the garrison commander of Yizhou has surrendered.

Perhaps dying at this point is a good thing, at least one won't have to suffer the humiliation that follows.

In December of the same year, Emperor Qinzong ascended the throne, and the following year he changed the reign title to Jingkang. The retired emperor fled south under the pretext of burning incense.

In the world where the heavens descend, Emperor Huizong, Emperor Qinzong, and all the treacherous officials mentioned have been trampled into the mud by the angry people. Even if the Jin army comes again, they will fight back fiercely from top to bottom.

The Song Dynasty still had integrity during the Battle of Yamen, so why didn't they have it now, more than a hundred years ago?

They could also shout to the heavens; they still had passion, still unafraid of the Jurchens. If one person couldn't kill one Jurchen, what about two? What about three? Were the Jurchens truly immortal?

Even the skilled craftsmen in the city began to make explosives, imitating the shape of cannons in later generations, and making cannons.

They have successfully saved themselves.

Zhu Qinggu and Zhao Kuangyin arrived in a world without the celestial curtain descending, currently designated as Jingkang Time-Space One. At Zhao Kuangyin's request, they will also travel to Jingkang Time-Space Two and Jingkang Time-Space Three...

At this very moment, they were standing here, watching the mighty Song soldiers at the beginning of the founding of the dynasty. Each of them still exuded a murderous aura, a pent-up energy that seemed to have been suppressed for a long time, as if they wished they could chew these Jurchens into bone fragments and then devour them.

At this moment, Song Yanshan Prefecture was guarded by a garrison commander named Guo Yaoshi.

"Pharmacist Guo... Ha." Zhao Kuangyin sneered, "They say Lü Bu is a traitor who serves three masters, but I think Pharmacist Guo is the real traitor."

Originally, Guo Yaoshi was a Bohai person. The Bohai people had their territory seized by the Liao people and were forced to pledge allegiance to the Liao people. Later, the Bohai people rebelled against the Liao people, and the Liao emperor recruited starving people from Liaodong to form a "resentful army" to sweep them away. Guo Yaoshi was one of the leaders.

However, the rebels within the army also rebelled several times. Guo Yaoshi killed the rebels, accepted the Liao people's offer of amnesty, and then, due to suspicion, surrendered to the Northern Song Dynasty and was highly valued by the Song Dynasty.

Guo Yaoshi initially offered some good strategies, but the Song army's chaotic discipline and the commander's cowardice and incompetence led to failure.

When the Jurchens attacked, Guo Yaoshi led the Ever Victorious Army and encountered them at Baihe. As a result, another general in the Ever Victorious Army fled, so Guo Yaoshi detained the supervising officer and surrendered to Wanyan Zongwang.

However, Guo Yaoshi did not have a good ending, as he was imprisoned by Wanyan Zongwang for his crimes.

Zhao Kuangyin knew that the Song army was a trap at this time, but Guo Yaoshi was no better.

After Guo Yaoshi surrendered, the defenses of Yanshan Prefecture collapsed, and the Jin army subsequently captured Dingzhou and continued its advance towards Kaifeng.

At this moment, they stood in Yanshan Prefecture. Zhao Kuangyin had a stern face, and the army behind him was full of menacing aura.

At this moment, Zhu Qinggu had already opened the sky curtain.

The canopy opened suddenly without warning, surprising but also delighting those below.

As soon as the canopy was opened, a massive, dark army appeared, exuding a murderous aura unlike the scattered, disorganized soldiers that would follow.

The brown military uniforms and the uniform design of the armor worn by generals represent the pinnacle of Han Dynasty armor.

When Liao Ming saw it, his mouth watered. Not only him, but even Zhong Feiguang's eyes lit up. He planned to get a set to try on later.

However, they also knew that such armor must be quite heavy, probably weighing several tens of kilograms. They usually carried several tens of kilograms of weight while running, so they should be able to get used to it.

While those under the canopy were still trying to figure out where Zhu Qinggu was and which dynasty's army was in front of them, some sharp-eyed people had already spotted the commander's flag.

The banner was embroidered with the character "Song" and decorated with dragon patterns.

Some people trembled all over, "This, this can't be the army of the Great Song Dynasty?"

They were bewildered; did the Song Dynasty also have such an army?

Throughout the Song Dynasty, military men and soldiers were often referred to as "bandits and convicts." While scholars were respected and noble, military men were looked down upon. This situation was not simply a matter of emphasizing civil affairs and suppressing military affairs; many other factors were at play.

Zhu Qinggu had also seen it before, and there were some historical reasons involved, mainly because the inhuman cannibalism during the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period was too ruthless.

Everyone fears the return of chaos, so it's not just the emperor who's afraid, but also the ministers and the common people!

Therefore, it wasn't just the upper class who showed a lack of military discipline; the whole society had this atmosphere. Of course, this was the foundation laid in the early Song Dynasty, and later it became the unchangeable ancestral law.

Just like the Ming Dynasty, the ancestral laws cannot be changed, so the bad things will continue to be bad. If the reformists want to make changes, then they are affecting the interests of the vested interests, and these vested interests will become the conservatives.

As one person began to speak, more and more people, both on and under the sky, began to discuss the matter.

"This is the army of the Great Song Dynasty! It belongs to the Great Song Dynasty!"

"Where are they going? Are they going to... the Jingkang era?"

"The Great Ancestor is here! The Great Ancestor is here!"

The blank space above the sky was also covered by countless comments from people.

(As expected, I still want to see the early days of the nation; I don't want to see those incompetent soldiers later on.)

(I want to see Grandpa Yue, sob sob...)

(The soldiers during Emperor Taizu of Song's reign still had some fighting spirit. Perhaps they did during Di Qing's time? Or during the Yang family generals' time? Or Yue Fei's time?)

……

Many of the Song people below became excited, and some even cried and laughed at the same time.

The Song Dynasty also feared military uprisings, but after being suppressed for so long, everyone longed to live with dignity and uprightness.

The Song Dynasty's acquisition of power was illegitimate, which already made it crooked to one side. The subsequent tribute payments further distorted the spine of the Song people, allowing both Liao and Western Xia people to act arrogantly when they came to the Song Dynasty.

But why?

This is Song Dynasty land! It's Song people's territory!