Lu Zhao stood at the top of Xiangyang City, looking at the waves of golden soldiers outside the city. The sword in his hand had been curled.
▶ A war doomed to fail
At the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, the Jin Kingdom's cavalry went south, and the mountains and rivers were broken.
Lu Zhao, a young border general from a poor family, rose up in troubled times. He could have surrendered, fled, or lived quietly like others - but he chose the most difficult path: fighting to the death.
