Chapter 126: The Fall of the Danyang Empire

General Zhao Yu in the Shadow Moon Valley has received a letter from Jiang Yuheng, learned of his attack plan, and is preparing to attack inside and outside.

Jiang Yuheng led many disciples to follow Shen Ye's army towards the Shadow Moon Fortress, the mighty army passed through the vast territory of the empire, and countless cities passed through one after another, these guards were unable to resist the attack of this army, and soon they occupied a large part of the territory of the Danyang Empire, and they could be regarded as gaining a firm foothold in the Danyang Empire.

Outside the Shadow Moon Fortress, Jiang Yuheng and many other rebel army leaders also met one after another to discuss the plan to break the city, and now the Shadow Moon defenders are facing huge military pressure before and after, and they have lost their way to retreat, although they have a large army, they can only fight to the death.

Many leaders of the rebel army came to Jiang Yuheng's military tent one after another: "We are waiting for the commander of the rebel army to welcome the arrival of His Royal Highness the Prince, our army has been deployed in accordance with General Shen Ye's proposal, and we will wait for His Highness's dispatch at any time, and we will not give up", these commanders felt the majesty of His Royal Highness the Prince's call at this time, and they all expressed their allegiance to the death.

"Very good, I will not forget your merits, when the war subsides in the future, you will definitely be rewarded according to your merits, and I hope that you will do your best not to slack off in the next siege operation, and actively cooperate with our actions", Jiang Yuheng said.

"Yes".

The towering city built by the Shadow Moon Fortress on the dangerous mountain pass has always been easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it must be extremely difficult to forcibly capture it.

Jiang Yuheng and they formulated many attack plans, but the final effect was not ideal, and several raids were fought back by them, and the Shadow Moon Fortress deserved to be the strongest military fortress of the Danyang Empire, and even the army of Mengtian Khan was rejected by the Danyang Empire.

Just as Shen Ye and the others wanted to continue organizing the next wave of attacks, there was a huge movement of military divisions in the Shadow Moon Fiefdom, and their scouts discovered that a powerful army in the empire was rushing towards their positions.

"Report, report to the General, our scouts have spotted a large unidentified army approaching our position twenty miles ahead, and the situation is urgent," the scout said.

"Who are they, how many people are there?" Shen Ye and Jiang Yuheng suddenly became nervous, at this juncture, if there was the assistance of other armies, it would be difficult for them to fight quickly.

"They estimated that there were more than 300,000 troops, all of them killed in the deep mountains of Shadow Moon, and I don't know who led them?" the scout reported.

"Re-probe," Shen Ye said, and the scout went to investigate again.

"Effecting this offensive plan, the three armies were ordered to immediately occupy favorable terrain and launch military deployments to defend against the surprise attack of the enemy forces in front," Shen Ye calmly organized the officers and men of the three armies to carry out defensive deployments and wait for the arrival of the enemy army.

"Could it be the Shadow Moon King, this is his fiefdom, but he has already been relieved of his position as a general by His Majesty the Emperor, why is there an army of more than 300,000?" A series of questions appeared in Shen Ye's hearts.

"Shadow Moon King, hmph, I still want to wait for the end of this war to settle accounts with him, but I didn't expect him to dare to lead troops to deal with us?" Jiang Yuheng remembered the old and new hatreds.

"What kind of grudge does His Highness have with him?" Shen Ye and the others didn't understand the grievances.

"When he attacked Night City, I was captured by him and tortured by him, he recognized me as the prince of the previous dynasty, he wanted to use my identity to raise an army for him to raise an army for the emperor, I swore to disagree, suffered from him for nearly a year, and also fell into his poison, he turned me into a puppet who is not a ghost or a ghost, and charged and fought for him, his wolf ambition has long been obvious, he wants to seize the throne of the empire", Jiang Yuheng said the grievances of the year.

"It seems that after Jiang Bingkun was relieved of his position as a general, he has been recruiting troops in his fiefdom, and Jiang Bingkun didn't realize that he now has heavy troops in hand, it seems that he came prepared", Shen Ye and the other ministers also took a deep breath, they underestimated the forbearance of the Shadow Moon King.

Soon, Jiang Yuheng and the others saw a huge army advancing towards their position in the military formation, all of them were heavily armed elite soldiers, and their combat effectiveness was definitely not low.

"Jiang Bingkun is all on guard against their Shadow Moon family's power growing, it seems that this is indeed the case, their ancestors have made great contributions to the empire, and they have been crowned kings for generations, giving them too much power, and now it has really become a hidden danger", Shen Ye said.

"This time, I see how arrogant he is, what about the 300,000 army? Even the Danyang Empire can't stop us, what about him?" Jiang Yuheng remembered the resentment between him and clenched the blade in his hand.

The enemy army soon arrived in front of their formation, and the two armies quickly began to confront each other, Shen Ye was not afraid at all, he rode his dragon horse to the front of the army and shouted, "But the army of the Shadow Moon King, come out to speak?" Shen Ye shouted loudly.

Soon, two groups of dragon horses quickly threw out the three army formations and came to the front of the formation, but everyone was stunned by the scene in front of them, the two people on the dragon horse did not wear military uniforms, but walked over with thorns on their backs.

Jiang Yuheng also couldn't figure it out: "What is he going to do?"

"General Shen, I am Gui Yunhai, the king of the shadow moon, and I came here today, not to help the empire, but to take the guilt of Jing and ask for the guilt, hoping to apologize to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in person, and also ask the general to introduce me", Gui Yunhai and Zhang Tiancheng dismounted with Jing Tiao on their backs and walked directly out of the military formation.

Just as they were about to approach Shen Ye's military formation, Shen Ye was about to arrest the two and avenge Jiang Yuheng, but Jiang Yuheng stopped him.

"General Shen is slow, let them come over, I want to see what they are going to do?"

Everyone came over, Gui Yunhai and Zhang Tiancheng were surrounded by them, "Gui Yunhai, do you know the guilt, when you held the military power, you dared to imprison His Royal Highness the Prince, conspired to seize power and usurp the throne, and dared to torture the prince, you will not escape the death penalty", Li Jiye scolded directly.

"Your Highness forgives me, the old man misjudged the situation back then, committed the crime of bullying the king, and hurt His Royal Highness the Prince, and came to take the blame today, and I hope that His Royal Highness will give me the opportunity to make meritorious contributions, as long as His Royal Highness is willing to forgive the stupidity committed by Weichen back then, Gui Yunhai is willing to take the lead in attacking the Shadow Moon Fortress for His Highness, and swear allegiance to the death", Gui Yunhai and Zhang Tiancheng knelt down to ask for guilt.

In the face of Gui Yunhai's active confession, many people fell into deep thought, although Jiang Yuheng is very similar to killing him, but his army of 300,000 will definitely avenge him, he remembered Dai Tiande's entrustment to him, he has a lot to do in this life in addition to revenge, if he chooses to kill him, then they will inevitably face a huge loss today, such a price is too huge.

"Do you think that we won't be able to take the Shadow Moon Fortress without you returning to the Sea of Clouds?" several of the rebel generals questioned.

"We don't mean that, since the destruction of Yecheng, I have deeply reflected on my mistakes back then, when I was blinded by power, I made a big mistake, and now that His Highness has returned, I have also seen the situation clearly, and I sincerely came to surrender, I hope that Your Highness can forgive me for my guilt, and I will be loyal to do things for Your Highness in the future", said the Shadow Moon King.

Jiang Yuheng also thought of the depth of this person's city, which made people feel scared, he came with heavy troops today, and he already had considerable confidence to negotiate, these are his negotiation capital, and he took the initiative to take the blame for Jing Yuheng, which can be regarded as giving Jiang Yuheng a step, and also leaving a way back for himself.

He calculated that Jiang Yuheng didn't want to fight with his 300,000 army at the moment, once he started a big battle with him, he would inevitably suffer heavy losses, and it would be very difficult to defeat the empire smoothly.

Between personal vendetta and national security, the outcome was already predestined.

Sure enough, some ministers have spoken, "Now that the country is employing people, the Shadow Moon King can be exempted from the death penalty, and the living crime is inescapable, remembering that his ancestors have made great contributions to the birth and death of the Danyang Empire, and he can avoid death, and now he also asks His Royal Highness to give him a chance to make meritorious contributions, if it does not have a good effect, he will be punished", some ministers said.

"Okay, since my ministers intercede for you, I will also give you a chance to make meritorious contributions, if you can capture the Shadow Moon Fortress at the lowest cost, I will not blame the past, if you lose your troops and still can't take it, I still have to punish you?" Jiang Yuheng said.

"Thank you, Your Highness, for your broad-mindedness, and for your willingness to lead troops to crusade against the empire and establish meritorious deeds to atone for your sins", the Shadow Moon King was scheming, and only then did he save his life and position.

"In the future, your Shadow Moon Army will be under the command of General Shen Ye, and after you have made meritorious contributions, you will be reinstated and restored to your title," Jiang Yuheng said.

"Listen to what Your Highness has to say," said the Shadow Moon King.

The story of the Shadow Moon King's 300,000 army uprising and surrender spread all over the world at once, and even Jiang Bingkun also found out about it, at this time he was very sad, he didn't expect to raise a tiger for trouble, and regretted that he had listened to the advice of the military department and did not kill him, causing today's big trouble.

Many people in the court thought of the wolf ambition of the Shadow Moon King, but they didn't expect that he had already built up his own army, and now it was enough to threaten the safety of the empire.

Jiang Yuheng subdued the Shadow Moon King, and suddenly the army was mighty and approached the Shadow Moon Fortress.

In secret, Shen Ye and other ministers of military aircraft found Jiang Yuheng and said: "Your Highness, this person's surrender is very deep, and he must plan early, and he will definitely become a cancer of the empire in the future", Shen Ye said.

"In the future, we will find an opportunity to remove his title and fief and avoid future troubles, and now is not the time to deal with him," Li Jiye said.

"This person is indeed very deep, we have to plan early, but the current situation is really not suitable for dealing with him, in the future, I will personally solve this threat and cut out this tumor for the empire", Jiang Yuheng had a plan.

In the past few days, Jiang Yulin has been by his side every day, he has been secretly cultivating this young man, personally teaching him many methods and strategies for doing things, and even taking him with him on the battlefield, allowing him to establish meritorious deeds and win the support of many ministers.

The Shadow Moon Fortress has been besieged by their army in front and back, completely cut off supplies, and now the Shadow Moon Valley is surrounded by General Zhao Yu's army, and the rebel army with Jiang Yuheng inside has cut off the back road, and there is no way to retreat from the front and rear attacks.

After several days of siege, the Shadow Moon King finally led his men to launch a final attack, and Zhao Yu echoed them inside and out, and the defenders could not take care of the front and back, and soon broke through the fortress.

Countless armies rushed to kill, the soldiers defending the city could no longer stop the attack of Jiang Yuheng's coalition army, countless casualties, half of the people saw that the general trend had gone, and chose Xiang Jiang Yuheng to surrender, and since then the Shadow Moon Fortress has fallen into the hands of Jiang Yuheng's army, so far the allied army has completely opened the door of the Danyang Empire.

The four empires also responded to the call of the allies and attacked the border passes to exert pressure.

For a while, the Danyang Empire under the sunset, the edifice will collapse, and it will be difficult to continue, and the Danyang Empire has been declining and crumbling under the rule of Jiang Bingkun.

Jiang Yuheng's army has conquered many counties in a row, countless cities have fallen into his hands one after another, many people are frightened, and directly choose to surrender, Jiang Yuheng's soldiers took most of the land without blood, and the sword is aimed at the core of the empire.

The pervasive smoke of gunpowder has drifted on the territory of the Danyang Empire, the righteous reckoning has come, the Danyang Empire is like a candle in the wind at this moment, it may be extinguished at any time, the uprisings within the empire are continuous, Jiang Bingkun is no longer able to resist, so he can only continue to shrink and hold on.

Jiang Yuheng issued an edict, all the imperial soldiers, as long as they put down their weapons and disarm without killing, he promised all the subjects of the empire that he would establish a peaceful and stable country, hoping that the remnants of Jiang Bingkun would not be stubborn, as long as they chose to surrender, they could be given a way out.

Jiang Yuheng had already seen that the people of the empire were struggling to make a living, and he wanted to use the lowest price to break Jiang Bingkun's stubborn resistance, once a full-scale war broke out in the Danyang Empire, countless civilians would inevitably be displaced, and countless civilians would be killed and injured, which was not what he wanted to see.

Now the Beicang tribe still has a grudge against the Danyang Empire, if their country is empty because of the war, they will inevitably invade the south again, Jiang Yuheng has to plan early,

"Yulin, if you become the monarch in the future, how will you govern the current country?" Jiang Yuheng asked the young man beside him.

"Big brother, why do you ask that? You are His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, shouldn't this matter be decided by you?" the young man asked rhetorically.

"Big brother, I'm not as smart as you, I want you to come up with ideas for me", Jiang Yuheng asked.

"I'm just going to tell you what I think, and you can't blame me for being wrong?" said the boy.

"You just say."

"Now the country has been shattered, we must find a way to recruit Jiang Bingkun's generals, do our best to preserve the strength of our Danyang Empire, now our surrounding countries are full of resentment towards the empire, we need some gentle policies to appease these allies, weaken the hatred between us, and at the same time end this chaotic war as quickly as possible, return peace to the world, stabilize the defensive front of the frontier, amnesty the world, recuperate, exempt from domestic taxes for three years, and implement a good-neighbor policy with the surrounding empires" , Jiang Yulin said.

Jiang Yuheng looked at him and smiled: "You are right, it seems that you have more talent for governing the country than me, you have to help me well in the future, I am not familiar with politics, there are too many people in the world who covet our imperial power, you have to work hard."

"Don't worry, big brother, I've read a lot of books since I was a child, as long as you have any instructions, even if you say that I will definitely do it?" Jiang Yulin said.

Jiang Bingkun still firmly controls Danyang and several other larger cities, these cities occupy a huge position in Danyang, and they are also prestigious on the mainland, Jiang Yuheng can't bear to destroy them, and chooses to besiege them in multiple ways, constantly consuming their will, forcing them to go out of the city for a decisive battle or surrender, until the last resort, he does not want to directly attack the city, destroy the city, these are built by countless people of the Danyang Empire, it is the brainchild of the empire, once destroyed, it will cost countless financial and material resources to build, and the gains outweigh the losses。

Wherever Jiang Yuheng's army passed, he appeased the people everywhere, granted amnesty to the world, and allowed countless civilians to recuperate, and the society gradually returned to its former peace, and he was also supported by the people at the bottom.

Although Jiang Bingkun controls major cities, but there is no supply of grain and grass from the people, they can hold it for a while, they can't stand it for a lifetime, their storage of grain and grass is limited, after the grain and grass are exhausted, many cities are self-defeating, they either die or surrender to become vassals, this is what Jiang Yuheng wants to see.

He accepted Jiang Yulin's idea, minimized the casualties of the empire, and gradually approached the imperial city of the empire.

The armies of the four empires have opened the borders leading to the Danyang Empire, and several armies are advancing together, such a battle situation was not expected by anyone a year ago, Jiang Bingkun did not expect that the enemy's forces were so tenacious, and there was no way back if he took a wrong step, and now he himself knew that even if he gave up the imperial city, he would not be able to escape the sanctions, and now he can only burn jade.

He still controls the remnants of the Central Garrison Regiment and many of the defeated soldiers of the four major fronts.

Among the allied forces, Jiang Yuheng discussed with many allied forces about the enemy's strategy: "Is there any good way for General Shen to end this war?" Jiang Yuheng asked.

"The current situation is very favorable for us, the people within the empire are panicked and demoralized, we have mastered the vast territory of the empire, they can only rely on many large cities to stubbornly resist, but once we cut off the connection between them, each city will become an isolated island, our door will surround them, and soon they will shake the morale of the army because of the lack of food and grass, either go out of the city to fight to the death with us, or surrender to us, so that we can capture the city without blood, and gradually encroach along the periphery of the empire, and in the end, Jiang Bingkun will only be left with a lonely imperial cityOur army is like a sharp knife to encircle and divide him, and the empire will inevitably fall", Shen Ye said calmly.

"Okay, according to General Shen's clever plan, this battle will allow us to completely end his rule and end this bloody war," Jiang Yuheng said.

Shi Xuan and the other senior brothers looked at the high-spirited senior brother, and they were also sincerely happy for him, now that victory was imminent, his long-cherished wish for many years would be fulfilled, and the world would return to peace.

As the four imperial fronts all entered the Danyang Empire, the cities fell one after another, the army gradually approached, several major cities have been surrounded by Shen Ye and other coalition forces, they successfully cut off the connection between the major cities of the empire, they became an island, the empire was completely cut off from supplies, although many soldiers have towering walls, but lack of food and grass, and turmoil broke out in less than five days.

The morale of the soldiers in the city was extremely low, and many of them were clamoring to leave the city and surrender, and they were not willing to be trapped in the city alive.

With the turmoil in the city, some soldiers launched a mutiny at night, someone opened the city gate privately, Jiang Yuheng They saw the rebellion of the enemy army, Shen Ye quickly led the army into the city to strangle those soldiers who resisted stubbornly, the same tactics achieved great results, within a month, at least ten large cities in the empire were lost one after another, Jiang Yuheng They won the victory at the smallest cost, and his actions were also appreciated by the people here.

The disciplined army continued to encircle Danyang City, the core of the empire, and Jiang Bingkun's end came.

Shi Xuan and the others finally came to the aid of the Han Yunyi brothers and sisters of the other empires, as well as Yin Qianxi, they converged, and the reinforcements of the four empires promised them that they would support Jiang Yuheng's restoration of the country, which could be regarded as thanking Tianhua Sect for their support to their four empires.

The final battle finally came, when Danyang City, the last big city of the empire, was surrounded by Jiang Yuheng's army, the imperial city was already panicked, and some big families who received the news had already fled the imperial city to take refuge in other places, and the people in the city were already panicked at the moment.

Jiang Bingkun and his ministers prepared the last stubborn resistance, and in the face of the fierce invading army, he ordered the four major city gates to be completely sealed, and he led those who swore allegiance to him to make the final struggle.

Jiang Yuheng's army has been fully deployed, the Danyang Imperial City is almost impossible to fly, and the high walls are full of the empire's powerful military war weapons, towering catapults and heavy crossbow arrows, and the soldiers patrol overnight to prevent Jiang Yuheng from attacking.

With the same strategy, Jiang Yuheng did not choose to attack the city immediately, but launched a surrender and siege against them, the number of enemy troops was huge different from them, and they were powerless to resist on the frontal battlefield, so they could only rely on powerful war weapons to defend the city.

In the Danyang Imperial City, Li Jiye has asked his son to spread rumors of lure surrender everywhere in the city, constantly disintegrating the morale of the army, and consciously rebelling against some defenders.

Although the conditions for a forcible attack were already in place, they did not want to destroy this ancient capital city that had been inherited for thousands of years until it was absolutely necessary.

In the palace, the courtyard was empty at the moment, Jiang Bingkun almost only left a very small number of Praetorian Guards, and the rest of the soldiers all climbed the city tower, and at this moment he and a group of ministers had become ants on a hot pot.

"Your Majesty, let's go out of the city and surrender, if we continue like this, we don't even have the capital to negotiate, and now we still have the possibility of negotiating, and strive for the best result for you to the greatest extent?" Wei Wuji and several ministers persuaded him.

"Wei Wuji, you are so bold, I didn't expect you to be so greedy for life and afraid of death, for the dream of dominating the continent, I gave everything I had, even if I die today, I will resist to the end, whoever dares to surrender will be executed on the spot", Jiang Bingkun roared angrily.

Soon there was a turmoil in the imperial city, and several of his subordinates were successfully lured down by Li Jiye's son, who launched an attack on the garrison army, and the city was in chaos, and many people died.

"Your Majesty, it's not good, someone started a riot, and they fought with the defenders", the herald told Jiang Bingkun.

"Let them suppress it immediately, whoever dares to oppose me, kill them all, tell Jiang Yuheng, as long as he dares to attack the city, we will kill all his subjects immediately, why do I think he will attack the city?" Jiang Yuheng said.