Chapter 69: The Unification of the Northeast (I)
April 12, Zhongjiang City.
General Bo Wang, the commander of the Eastern Liao Army, did not dare to slack off after receiving Ji Kang's message from Feige. Lieutenant General Wu Yangjing and Rong Yan were immediately brought in to discuss the matter.
"General Wu and General Rong received orders from the prince. Let our army divide into two routes, all the way to sweep the northeast of the Ji Kingdom, all the way south to Jidu, and join the main army led by General Rong Yi to capture the capital and the vassal states in the south of the Ji Kingdom. ”
After listening to Bo Wang's words, Wu Yangjing and Rong Yan looked at each other, stood up together, and said to Bo Wang, "Please give General Bo an order, and we will obey." ”
Bo Wang smiled and said to Wu Yangjing and Rong Yan, "Okay, since that's the case...... Wu Yangjing and Rong Yan listened to the order. ”
Wu Yangjing and Rong Yan replied together: "A certain general will listen to the order." ”
"Order the two of you, you can prepare, and tomorrow you can lead an army of 70,000, and then you can go south, join my main army, and capture the capital of Ji."
"Obey."
Wu Yangjing and Rong Yan were grateful, this was Admiral Bo Wang's credit to the two of them!
Everyone knows that there is almost no resistance in the Ji State now, and the credit for capturing the capital and the vassal states that occupied the Ji State in the south is undoubtedly much greater than the army left behind in Zhongjiang.
Even so, the general Bo Wang did not hesitate and left the great credit to the two of them.
On 13 April, Lieutenant General Wu Yangjing and Rong Yi led an army of 70,000 to the south.
At this time, the army of the Ji State, except for the tens of thousands of Ji troops led by Gao Min, the commander of the Ji army, was besieged by the Liao army outside Pingcheng, and there were almost no excessive troops in other places.
Therefore, the army led by Wu Yangjing and Rong Yan is progressing smoothly and is overwhelming.
On April 14, on the same day that the Heiseong Kei army surrendered, Guren was conquered, and the defenders were killed.
On April 17, they arrived at Heecheon, and the Heecheon garrison surrendered without a fight.
On April 20, Tokugawa Shogun dedicated the castle.
On April 22, the army led by Bo Wang converged with the 20,000 army led by Lieutenant General Zuo Zong, who was stationed in Baiyuanli, with a strength of 90,000, and then joined the main force of the Liao army heading south.
On April 25, outside the rear of the remaining part of the army, the rest of the Liaodi army of nearly 450,000 arrived at Jidu under the leadership of Ji Kang.
Ji Kang did not immediately attack the capital of Ji, but ordered to set up camp under the city of the capital of Ji.
Under the city of Jidu, looking at the magnificent city in front of him, Ji Kang was full of emotion.
Ji Kang pointed to Jidu, and said to Lu Zhonglian, Rong Yan and others behind him, "Mr. Lu, this Jidu is really a good place!" ”
Lu Zhonglian took a step forward and said to Ji Kang with a smile, "Junhou, it's true. It has a history of thousands of years until now. ”
Ji Kang was stunned, turned to look at Lu Zhonglian and said, "Oh, please Mr. Lu tell me carefully." ”
Rong Yan and other generals also pricked up their ears, wanting to hear the origin of this big city.
Lu Zhonglian said to Ji Kang, "Prince, the specific age of the establishment of this city cannot be verified. But it was established two thousand years ago, there is no doubt about it. ”
"According to legend, two thousand years ago, the Emperor of Heaven and the son of Huan Xiong and the bear girl born to Tan Jun (also known as Wang Jian) established the Korean state, and its capital city Asda is this city, so the capital of Ji is also known as "Wang Jian City"
"After the fall of the Shang Dynasty, the sage Jizi came to this place, and was sealed by the ancestor of the prince, King Wu of Zhou, and established the Kingdom of Ji with Asda as the capital. For this reason, the castle is also known as "Keijo". ”
"This city bears mountains and blocks water, controls the northwest of the Jidi Peninsula, overlooks the Yangtze River (Datong River), is far away from the wilderness, and the transportation and water conservancy are convenient, which is the foundation of the royal industry!"
After listening to Mr. Lu Zhonglian's words, Ji Kang, Rong Yan and the others looked at the big city in front of them, and their eyes showed excitement.
I've seen it! It's really insightful!
But this city will soon belong to me.
Seeing the arrival of the Liaodi army, the entire Ji people panicked.
Ji Shi, the lord of the state of Ji in his early fifties, was defeated by the Liao army with 40,000 reinforcements, and the general Gao Sheng was killed in battle.
Within a few days, his hair turned white.
At this moment, seeing Ji Kang personally leading the Liaodi army and arriving in Jidu, he was even more discouraged.
The lord of the kingdom of Kei, Ji Shi, hurriedly gathered his ministers to see how to deal with the current situation.
"Ladies and gentlemen, now that the army of Liaodi has arrived at the city of my Jidu, how should I deal with it?"
Keishi looked at His Highness's ministers and said in frustration.
The ministers of the Kingdom of Ji looked at each other, but no one spoke.
What else to do? What can I do? Now that the entire army of the Kingdom of Ji has almost been wiped out, what is it to resist the army of Liaodi?
Now the only way out is to surrender the city, what else can be? Everyone understands this truth. But this kind of surrender of the city, at this time, can never be the first to say it.
Therefore, when the ministers were consulted. In the court of the Kei Kingdom, no one spoke.
Seeing this, in the court, in front of all the ministers, he cried loudly, "The country has been raising soldiers for hundreds of years, and at this time of crisis, no one has come out to take responsibility?" ”
All the ministers knelt on the ground and kowtowed together, and said in unison, "We are guilty!" ”
Seeing this, Kei Shi hid his face and left.
When he returned to the harem, he called the prince Ji Run, and said to him, "Wu'er, now my 500,000 army of Ji can be said to have been wiped out." For the father, I am ready to let my son go to the south to extend the country. ”
After hearing this, the prince Ji Run also knew that at this moment, the Ji Kingdom had no power to return, thought for a while, and said to Ji Shi, "Father, now the Liao army is strong, and the several vassal states in the south are not reliable!" When my son arrives there, I'm afraid he will also be tied up and escorted to Liaodi, so it's better not to go. ”
When Ji Shi heard this, he was dumbfounded, sat down dejectedly, and said for a long time, "How should this be?" ”
Prince Ji Yun looked at his father, knelt on the ground, and plucked up the courage to say, "Father, please forgive me." Why don't we drop it? At that time, Zhu Cong, the lord of Gaoju State, surrendered to Liao, and his son heard that Ji Kang, the monarch of Liaocheng, did not treat him badly. Zhu Zhe, the prime minister of Goguryeo, now heard that it has been reused in Liaodi. ”
"Father, now the people in the capital are panicking, many officials have this heart, and the troops in the city are empty, how to resist the Liao army. As long as it falls, although the country is destroyed, it can still ensure the safety of our family. ”
Ji Shi was stunned for a moment, looked at his son who was kneeling on the ground, and didn't react for a long time.
After a long time, Ji Shi said slowly, "Now it seems that it has to be like this." As long as Liaocheng Jun can promise to guarantee the personal safety of my clan, it will be lowered! ”
Then he closed his eyes, two lines of old tears came out, and said to the prince Ji Run, "Gather the ministers and read this matter!" ”
The next day, Ji Shi, the lord of the Ji Kingdom, sent people to meet with Ji Kang, the monarch of Liaocheng, to discuss the surrender.
Regarding the conditions proposed by Ji Shi, Ji Kang agreed to it after discussing it with Lu Zhonglian and others.
On April 28, it is advisable to make alliances, collect money, meet relatives and friends, make stoves, and build livestock and perch, and everything will be fine.
In the early morning, the rising sun emits ten thousand rays of light, paving the inside and outside of the capital city, the mountains, rivers, and fields with a golden coat.
Outside the east gate, the Liao army had already built a high platform, and Ji Kang led Lu Zhonglian, Rong Yi and others to stand on the high platform, with a solemn face.
Hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the Liao army, with distinct armor, are lined up in neat phalanxes outside the east gate of Jidu, within a radius of dozens of miles, witnessing this solemn moment.
At the end of the day, the east gate of the capital slowly opened, and the lord of the country of Ji, Ji Shi, personally led the ministers of the country out of the city, carrying thorns, and walked slowly to the high platform built outside the east gate.
Ji Shi came to the high platform, looking at the young prince standing in the middle of the high platform, he was so heroic and vigorous, he couldn't help but feel in a trance.
Ji Shi, the lord of the Ji Kingdom, held the jade seal of the Ji Kingdom and other things high with both hands, slowly bowed to the ground, and said loudly, "The sin minister Ji is released, and the prince is worshipped." ”
Ji Kang looked at Ji Shi who was bowing down under the high platform, and the minister of Ji Guo behind Ji Shi, and slowly walked down from the high platform.
He personally took the jade seal of the Ji Kingdom, the geography of mountains and rivers, and handed it to Shi Kang and others behind him for preservation.
With both hands, he helped Ji Shi up, untied the thorns behind him, and comforted him warmly, "The ancestors and sages of the Ji family have come here to enlighten the people, pass on my Central Plains culture, learn my Central Plains etiquette, and accept this peninsula to my Yanhuang clan. ”
Then he said to Ji Shi and the ministers of the Ji Kingdom behind him, "Today, you can repent and return to the Central Plains, which is very good!" ”
Ji Shi and all the ministers of Ji Guo bowed down to Ji Kang and said, "Thank you, the prince." ”
In the thirteenth year of King Wucheng, on April 28, the lord of the Ji State released the city in Liaocheng Jun Ji Kang, and enshrined the jade seal of the Ji State and the geographical atlas of mountains and rivers in the Yan State.
The destruction of the Mini country!
In the fourteenth year of Ji Kang's coming to this world, since Pangu opened the heavens and the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, the entire northeast land of the Central Plains was completely included in the territory of the Central Plains Kingdom for the first time!
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