Anti-War Game: Starting from Normandy Campaign-Chapter 716 - 345: Ax Shadows and Flickering Candlelight, a Life Unfinished
Seeing this.
The viewers from Blue Star in the livestream had to admit, the current [Song Dynasty] was indeed mighty in battle.
This was completely different from the later [Song Dynasty].
Many of the Blue Star viewers in the livestream were not familiar with Zhao Kuangyin beforehand.
So watching Zhao Kuangyin eliminate five nations and unify the south, they began to speculate about future developments.
Because in later times, the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun were never recovered.
But looking at Zhao Kuangyin in the current [movie version], he doesn't look like someone who can't capture the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun.
Because after overthrowing the Southern Tang, Zhao Kuangyin didn't stop.
He strengthened his troops and prepared for battle.
At this moment.
It was already the end of the year 975 AD, only a month since the overthrow of Southern Tang.
Zhao Kuangyin had already begun planning to attack Northern Han.
Soon.
By August of the following year.
Zhao Kuangyin dispatched generals Party Jin, Pan Mei, and others, dividing his forces into five routes for a large-scale northern expedition against Northern Han.
On screen.
The Song army's advance was unstoppable.
Northern Han had almost no ability to resist, being pushed back by the Song army all the way to their capital, Taiyuan City.
Seeing this.
The Blue Star viewers in the livestream couldn't help but click their tongues in surprise.
So fast.
Not much different from before.
They deployed in August.
And by October, they had reached the capital of Northern Han.
This is just too fast.
There simply wasn't anyone capable of resisting.
The Blue Star viewers in the livestream were still discussing how long it would take for the Song Dynasty to destroy Northern Han.
Completely unaware that the progress bar at the bottom was nearing its end.
At this point.
It was already late October, autumn chill setting in, and Zhao Kuangyin in the palace suddenly fell gravely ill.
It looked pretty serious.
Somewhat similar to the illness of Emperor Chai Rong of the Later Zhou.
However, Zhao Kuangyin was robust and although severely ill, he could still speak normally, just much weaker.
But as time passed.
Zhao Kuangyin's condition not only didn't improve but worsened.
The Blue Star viewers in the livestream were suddenly puzzled and began to speculate whether Zhao Kuangyin might die just like the Later Zhou Emperor Chai Rong.
If Chai Rong had lived another ten years, perhaps Zhao Kuangyin would have had no opportunities.
It was because of his sudden severe illness, leaving a young son, that the throne was seized.
On screen.
Deep into the night.
Within the forbidden garden of the imperial palace, an inexplicable and eerie silence pervaded.
The flickering and pale candlelight from the windows of Zhao Kuangyin's sleeping palace resembled the pulsating of a dying man's heart, anxiously beating in the darkness.
Seeing this scene, the Blue Star viewers in the livestream felt a bad premonition.
This scene was eerily ominous, as if foreshadowing someone's death, and that protagonist was Zhao Kuangyin.
Could he really be dying?
The scene shifted.
Just as the Blue Star viewers in the livestream were contemplating.
The scene slowly advanced into the sleeping palace, under the dim candlelight revealing the anxious face of Empress Song, looking at the dying Zhao Kuangyin on the dragon bed, filled with panic, this came too suddenly.
So sudden that there was no time to react.
Knowing that the Great Song still hadn't established a crown prince at that point.
If Zhao Kuangyin were to pass away.
It would result in unrest among all the lords, fighting for power, just like the histories and stories previously read came alive, crashing into Empress Song's mind.
No!
It can't be!!!
Empress Song shook her head violently, refusing to think any further, looking towards Zhao Kuangyin, whose breath was weak as if on the verge of death.
With her mind racing, Empress Song immediately instructed her most trusted eunuch, Wang Jien:
"Wang Jien! Summon Prince Qin (Zhao Defang) to the palace immediately!"
Zhao Defang was Zhao Kuangyin's fourth son.
And the only person she trusted.
However.
Empress Song had not noticed the strange gleam in Wang Jien's lowered eyes when he received the order.
But.
The Blue Star viewers in the livestream saw it clearly.
Hiss—
What's going on?
The scene followed Wang Jien's footsteps as he exited the palace, heading in the direction of Prince Qin's residence. But halfway there, Wang Jien suddenly changed direction, swiftly heading in another direction.
As the Blue Star viewers held their breath watching.
Wang Jien arrived in front of Prince Jin's residence, knocking urgently on the door.
And just as the urgent knocking resounded, the door opened, and a tall figure reached out, pulling Wang Jien inside.
This made the viewers in the livestream grow tense.
At the same time. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺
The Blue Star viewers in the livestream realized that this Prince Jin's residence... wasn't it the residence of Zhao Kuangyin's brother, Zhao Guangyi?
Was Wang Jien bribed by Zhao Guangyi?
On screen.
Led into the Prince Jin's residence, Wang Jien followed the commander quickly towards the great hall, where Zhao Guangyi, seated steadily, focused his gaze as he heard the approaching footsteps.
A moment later.
Wang Jien and the tall commander burst into the room.
Wang Jien looked at Zhao Guangyi, nodding heavily.
Zhao Guangyi sprang to his feet, his face showing delight, his eyes full of greed and determination:
"Let's go!"
Zhao Guangyi led the way out, and then the tall commander whistled, the entire Prince Jin's residence responding, preparing quickly for something.
The scene changed.
At this moment.
Empress Song sat in the hall, pacing anxiously, occasionally looking towards the palace entrance that remained quiet, growing ever more uneasy.
Unknown how much time passed.
The hall doors suddenly opened from the outside, and Wang Jien appeared at the entrance. Empress Song's face lit up with joy as she hurried forward:
"Has Defang arrived?"
But Wang Jien only gave a sinister smile, making Empress Song's heart fill with dread.
The next moment.
Empress Song collapsed to the ground in horror:
