Sky Curtain: The Overlord Charges into Battle, Shocking Emperors of All Dynasties

"There is some truth to that."

Liu Xiu recalled the time when the Han Dynasty was replaced by the Cao Wei Dynasty, and eventually the Cao Wei Dynasty was replaced by the Jin Dynasty.

It could be said that the Jin Dynasty avenged the Han Dynasty.

However, compared to the fall of the Northern Song Dynasty, the Han Dynasty fared much better.

The Jin Dynasty committed such acts, and ultimately, they reaped the consequences upon themselves.

They deserved it!!!

Liu Xiu sighed, looking at the map of the situation after the Jingkang Incident displayed on the sky.

The Northern Song Dynasty's power had already shrunk to the south, let alone the Sixteen Prefectures of Yan and Yun.

Even the northern regions, including the Central Plains, fell under the rule of the Jurchens.

This situation is no better than his initial predicament.

However, Liu Xiu felt that the situation facing the Song Dynasty at that time was better than it was when he was in power.

The Jurchens were, after all, a foreign race, and it was difficult for them to win the hearts of the people.

In the face of national and personal turmoil, even those who deeply dislike the Zhao family would still raise the banner of anti-Jin resistance.

"Is there ever an emperor like me who could come out and save us?"

Liu Xiu was getting anxious; the tragic plight of the people depicted on the sky was constantly assaulting his mind.

Isn't it said that heroes emerge in times of chaos?

Why hasn't this hero appeared yet?

Not just Liu Xiu, but everyone after the Song Dynasty now hopes for a monarch capable of turning the tide.

"If I hadn't ascended the throne in time, how could the Song Dynasty have preserved half of its territory?"

Zhao Gou spoke shamelessly, the last trace of fear on his face completely vanished.

When Tianmu mentioned the humiliation of the Jingkang Incident, Zhao Gou couldn't help but recall the scenes of his own time in the Jin camp.

He still doesn't quite understand himself back then.

Why was he so brave back then?

Looking back now, even Zhao Gou himself felt a bit scared.

The Jurchens are invincible; preserving even half of the country is an achievement we've done with all our might!

The humiliation of Jingkang, it truly is the humiliation of Jingkang!!!

Follow-up comment: An unprecedented disgrace!

Follow-up comment: Wasn't the Five Barbarian Invasions of China more shameful than this?

Follow-up comment: The Five Barbarian Invasions were chaotic, but this was more of a disgrace!

Follow-up comment: They are both disasters, there is no need to compare which one is more tragic. How can these be compared?

The Empress and Empress Dowager at that time were truly pitiful.

Follow-up comment: The minister's family members were all sold off to pay off debts. This father and son are truly despicable.

Follow-up comment: There's even a sheep-leading ceremony! Only Emperor Huizong and Emperor Huan could be reduced to slavery.

Follow-up comment: In this respect, Zhu Qizhen was superior to Zhao Ji.

A Ming Dynasty official during the Zhengtong era glanced at Zhu Qizhen discreetly upon seeing this.

If that's the case, then Zhu Qizhen was indeed better than Zhao Ji.

Zhu Qizhen forced himself to steady his trembling body.

At this time, he had not yet experienced the horrors of being captured, nor the humiliation of the Jingkang Incident. These events were only recorded in historical books and did not provide Zhu Qizhen with a strong deterrent.

Now the sky is displaying his miserable state, Zhao Ji's miserable state, in its entirety.

Zhu Qizhen had only one thought in his mind at that moment:

It's too dangerous outside. Even if you beat him to death, he'd never leave Beijing again.

He has nightmares every night now, dreaming that he gets captured as soon as he goes out.

The Mongols treated him just like they did Emperor Huizong of Song; they stripped him of his clothes, draped him in a sheepskin, and made him crawl on his knees.

This is terrifying! This is absolutely terrifying!!

At times like these, Zhu Qizhen would think of Wang Zhen, who had been executed on the orders of the Empress Dowager Zhang.

My beloved, I miss you so much!!!

[Zhao Kuangyin would be furious if he saw this.]

Follow-up comment: Even Zhao Kuangyin must have wondered how he could have such incompetent descendants.

Follow-up comment: Zhao Kuangyin can be a little more at ease, because these are the descendants of Zhao Guangyi.

[Mongolia: Great Song Dynasty, I have avenged you]

Follow-up comment: They did get their revenge; the Jin Dynasty suffered even more then.

Follow-up comment: Emperor Aizong of Jin was effectively split in two; one half was taken back by the Mongols for sacrificial rites, and the other half was taken by the Southern Song Dynasty for offerings at the Imperial Ancestral Temple. Finally, revenge was achieved.

Follow-up comment: Both the Mongols and the Southern Song Dynasty harbored deep-seated hatred for the Jin Dynasty. The Jin Dynasty continuously reduced the Mongol population, and the Southern Song Dynasty also shared the deep-seated hatred stemming from the Jingkang Incident.

Follow-up comment: Southern Song Dynasty: I don't care whether I live or die, I just want the Jurchens to die!!

Follow-up comment: Actually, there is still something to it.

[Northern Song Dynasty: Allied with Jin to destroy Liao; Southern Song Dynasty: Allied with Mongols to destroy Jin]

Follow-up comment: Making the same mistake twice, although allying with the Mongols to destroy the Jin was unwise, it was incredibly satisfying.

Follow-up comment: It's not entirely the Southern Song's fault; after all, the Jin Dynasty produced a truly extraordinary emperor.

Follow-up comment: Emperor Xuanzong of Jin was truly a brave warrior. He lost the north but made up for it in the south, waged war on three fronts, and offended everyone in the process.

Follow-up comment: War against the Mongols, war against the Western Xia, war against the Southern Song Dynasty!!

Follow-up comment: You, Emperor Xuanzong of Jin, seem like an old friend from the Qing Dynasty.

Amazing!

The ancients would never have imagined how this person was thinking.

"To compensate for the loss in the north with the south—what a brilliant decision!"

"Was Emperor Xuanzong of Jin planning to establish a Southern Jin dynasty?"

Liu Che originally thought that with the Northern Song Dynasty as an example, the Southern Song Dynasty would surely learn from its mistakes.

Unexpectedly, the Jin Dynasty refused.

Then the Southern Song Dynasty had no choice.

The Jin dynasty constantly harassed the Southern Song dynasty, leaving them with no choice but to ally with the Mongols to destroy the Jin.

This was the Jin Dynasty's own choice!

During the Zhenguan period,

"How did Emperor Xuanzong of Jin start imitating Yang Guang?"

Looking at Emperor Xuanzong's outrageous decisions, Li Shimin saw Yang Guang in his mind.

Yang Guang was in a similar situation back then, fighting the Turks in the north, conquering Goguryeo in the east, and campaigning against Lin-yi and Liu-qiu in the south, while also suppressing peasant uprisings internally.

He originally thought Yang Guang was arrogant and domineering enough, but he didn't expect there to be someone even more valiant than him.

And it seems that the Qing Dynasty also had such warriors?

Li Shimin vaguely remembered that Tianmu had mentioned the Eight-Nation Alliance's invasion of China.

Could it be that these eight countries...

Li Shimin gradually became serious, and his brows furrowed.

Surely no emperor would actually dare to declare war on eight countries.

If these countries were small, Li Shimin wouldn't have cared about even eighteen, let alone eighteen.

However, the eight countries mentioned on the celestial screen must each possess advanced firearms.

Could the Qing Dynasty withstand such military strength?

The Qing Dynasty emperor was utterly bewildered by this scene.

What does the Jin Dynasty have to do with our Great Qing?

Moreover, we are now Manchus, not Jurchens, which is completely different, okay?

"Which emperor, with such blind faith, wants to wage war on multiple fronts?"

"Isn't this simply pushing the Qing Dynasty to its doom?"

"Are they the English and French who waged war against multiple countries?"

Emperor Xianfeng lay on his bed in the Rehe Imperial Palace, his body thin and his cheeks sunken; he was nearing the end of his life.

Before him, including him, no one had ever fought on multiple fronts.

Only the emperor after him might do this.

But his son is still young. How can he deal with those ferocious barbarians and the Han uprisings that are rising and falling in the country?

Emperor Xianfeng's dull eyes were filled with worry.

Since her son was young, the Empress Dowager had no choice but to act as regent.

However, Emperor Xianfeng always felt that Consort Yi harbored considerable ambitions.

He simply doesn't have time to deal with it right now.

Alas, what will become of my Great Qing Dynasty in the end?