Yang Zaixing rode his horse through the streets of Bianliang.
The system's voice rang out in his mind."Congratulations to user for killing the commander of the Jin army, Wanyan Zonghan, killing thousands of elite cavalry, driving the Jin army out of the city, and recovering Bianliang.
He had exceeded the system's initial mission,"Saving the Nation from Danger".
[Mission reward: True Understanding of the Art of War.]
Accompanied by the system's voice, a god-level true understanding of the art of war that contained the essence of all the art of war since ancient times was injected into Yang Zaixing's mind.
Yang Zaixing was delighted.
The system's opening gift pack had allowed him to become a peerless general with unparalleled martial strength. Now, this god-level Art of War could allow him to use troops like a god and become a great general like Han Xin and Sun Wu Wu Qi!
In fact, it was even better!
In the streets and alleys, the people of Bianliang who had survived the disaster looked at Yang Zaixing's armor that was drenched in blood. Their eyes were filled with hot tears.
"Thank you, General Yang, for saving my life!"
"Thank you, General Yang!"
On both sides of the street, the people were excited and grateful. They knelt down in front of Yang Zaixing!
"The Yang family was harmed by treacherous officials and has been in decline for decades. I didn't expect to see the peerless tiger general of the Yang family again in my lifetime!”
A white-haired old man in his seventies was in tears. He was extremely excited.
"At the critical moment, we still have to rely on the Yang family's generals!
The Yang family of the Skywave Prefecture is back!"
The rest of the commoners also cried out with tears in their eyes.
At this moment, they looked at the blood-soaked Yang flag behind Yang Zaixing as if they were looking at a rising red sun!
Yang Zaixing was also a little excited and emotional.
Although he was a transmigrator, the blood of the Yang family flowed in his body!
Yang Zaixing swore in his heart that he would revive the Yang family and the Heavenly Wave Prefecture!
When Yang Zaixing returned to Xuande Building, he found that Emperor Song Zhao Heng had not returned to the palace.
Instead, he simply put on a mink coat and stood in the cold wind.
The ministers, imperial concubines, and concubines were all still there.
Yang Zaixing knew that Zhao Heng was waiting for him.
Ten steps away, Yang Zaixing got off his horse and walked calmly to Zhao Heng. He said calmly,""Greetings, Your Majesty.”
As a transmigrator, he was not used to bowing to people, so he did not bow.
Zhao Heng didn't mind. He had a gratified smile on his face. Just as he was about to nod, a shout suddenly sounded from the Imperial Street not far away."How dare you, Yang Zaixing, greet His Majesty!”
A middle-aged man wearing armor and a civil official's robe led a group of men and horses as they hurried over.
He got off his horse and bowed before Emperor Zhao Heng.
"I went to ask for reinforcements to help the king. I came late. Please forgive me, Your Majesty!”
Yang Zaixing frowned slightly. He glanced at the man and recognized him as the notorious treacherous Prime Minister Li Bangyan.
This made Yang Zaixing laugh coldly in his heart.
When Bianliang fell, Li Bangyan was not in the city and was not captured.
Now that the Jin army had retreated, Li Bangyan had rushed over with a team of shrimp soldiers and crab generals. Anyone with a discerning eye could tell at a glance.
Zhao Heng, the Emperor of Song, also frowned. He could see what Yang Zaixing had seen.
Zhao Heng, who had survived the disaster, understood one thing.
Strong grass can be seen in the strong wind, and loyal officials can be seen in the rigid wind!
At this moment, he naturally knew who was a loyal minister and who was a treacherous minister!
Therefore, Zhao Heng didn't give Li Bangyan a good look at all. He immediately rebuked,"Li Bangyan, who gave you the guts to be so rude to General Yang!”
Zhao Heng's words made Li Bangyan speechless. His face turned red and looked very ugly.
How could he have thought that Emperor Zhao Heng would actually berate him, the current Prime Minister, in front of everyone, for the sake of a mere general!
In his opinion, even if this general saved Bianliang, he was still a vulgar martial artist!
Thinking of this, Li Bangyan shifted his anger to Yang Zaixing.
"Yang Zaixing, His Majesty thanks you for your great service.
Don't forget your identity as a martial artist. It's your duty to charge into the enemy's ranks. Don't tell me you still want to take credit for it!”
Li Bangyan spoke again. In front of so many civil and military officials, he wanted to regain his face as one of the prime ministers.
He didn't dare to rebuke the bad-tempered Zhao Heng, but Yang Zaixing's current status was just a small commander of the prefectural army. It was only right for him, the Great Song's governor, to rebuke Yang Zaixing!
After all, since the founding of the Great Song, they had valued literature over martial arts.
Li Bangyan was a high-ranking official, and he was the head of the civil officials. If he spoke up to suppress Yang Zaixing, those civil officials would probably support him.
However, Li Bangyan didn't expect that his words would immediately cause Li Ruoshui, the assistant minister of the Ministry of Personnel, to berate him."Mr. Li, you are wrong. General Yang charged into the tens of thousands of Jin soldiers alone.
He risked his life to save His Majesty and us. This is a righteous act!
If General Yang was a greedy person, why would he risk his life to save him?”
As soon as Li Ruoshui opened her mouth, the other civil officials also started to talk, all of them denouncing Li Bangyan.
"Minister Li is ridiculous. When Bianliang City was broken, how many martial artists were afraid of death? They only cared about escaping and didn't even do their job well!
Only General Yang had single-handedly swept through tens of thousands of troops and saved the building from collapse!”
"Li Bangyan, your mother's maid!
Stop pretending to be a good person. Aren't you also afraid of death? You're not even comparable to a pinky finger of General Yang!”
There were even curses mixed in, coming from the mouths of the civil officials.
The imperial censors of the past dynasties were all the best at scolding people. When they were agitated, they even dared to scold the emperor, let alone Li Bangyan, who had angered the public.
This scene made Li Bangyan so angry that his face was about to turn purple.
He had never thought that the civil officials who were on the same side as him would actually speak up for a general!
And he even scolded him like this!
Of course, Li Bangyan didn't know what his colleagues were thinking.
After all, when the country was in danger, there were many villains like Li Bangyan who fled in the imperial court, and there were also loyal officials like Li Ruoshui who stood firm in the imperial court!
Like Zhao Heng, Li Ruoshui and the others had experienced the humiliation of being a prisoner and the brutality of the Jin soldiers. They all understood what loyalty and righteousness meant and what evil meant!
Zhao Heng's good mood was ruined by Li Bangyan. He immediately glared at Li Bangyan, lifted his mink coat, and pointed at his blood-stained clothes.
"If General Yang didn't charge into the formation alone, I'm afraid that from now on, I would have to suffer the humiliation of being whipped by the golden men and lose all my face!”
Zhao Heng pointed to the corpse of Wanyan Zonghan that was nailed to the palace wall."If General Yang didn't fight to the death, he would have killed Wanyan Zonghan in the army.
I'm afraid that I and the ministers will be nailed to death on the city wall by the Jin people sooner or later!”
Zhao Heng's tone became more and more excited. He walked a few steps faster and touched Yang Zaixing's armor that was completely covered in blood scabs. He said in an excited voice,"If General Yang didn't stain his robe with blood and kill the ten thousand cavalry, I'm afraid the Great Song's throne would have been broken!
General Yang is known as Zaixing, but he is actually a person of our Great Song!
Not only do I not need General Yang to bow, but I also want to give General Yang the honor of not being named and not rushing into the court!
He even wanted to confer him the title of the Great General of the Country and rest with the country!”
These words were earth-shattering!
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