Chapter 609: The Road to Yanjing

In the early morning of July 24, Yue Fei and Wu Jue came to the city of Renzhou.

At this moment, the Song army has surrounded Renzhou City!

In later generations, Incheon was famous, but in this era, Inju was just a small city by the sea.

There are only 50,000 or 60,000 people in the entire Inju, plus more than 10,000 Gao Li rebels, and the population of the entire city is not much at this moment.

The gates were tightly closed, and an army of Goryeo peasants, dressed in various colors and armed with various weapons, stood on the city walls, looking down in fear.

Yue Fei and Wu Jue only observed here for a moment, and they knew that this city was vulnerable! If the Song army wants to storm this Renzhou City, it can be defeated here in half a day at most.

Still, they wanted to be the first to persuade them to surrender.

At that moment, Yue Fei and Wu Jue rode forward, they got closer and closer to the city wall, and gradually came to the front of the moat. The moat of Inju is also very narrow, and it is impossible to stop the army from advancing.

Seeing that only the two generals were coming, the Goryeo people above all showed expressions of disbelief.

"Where's Mr. Jin Canjin?" Wu Jue laughed and said.

Jin Can came to the head of the city under the support of dozens of Confucian scholars!

He was very old and very weak, and now his face looked extremely haggard because he had not rested well for many days! But he is a righteous person, giving people an awe-inspiring feeling.

"The old man Jin Can has seen two generals!" Jin Can said in a hoarse voice.

"Mr. Kim, do you know that the entire Goryeo from north to south, from Kaijing Pyongyang to Jeju Island and Tsushima Island, all places have surrendered to our Great Song Dynasty, and only one Inju City is left under your feet?" Wu Jue said.

His voice was unusually loud, and the Koreans above could hear it clearly, and all the Koreans stayed there for a while.

"I've heard that." Jin Can nodded and said lightly.

"This small Renzhou city will definitely not be able to stop my army of the Great Song Dynasty! God has the virtue of a good life, and we don't want to let the people of Renzhou City suffer from the scourge of war, Mr. might as well let his soldiers lay down their weapons, after our army enters the city, they will definitely not oppress the people, what do you think? Wu Jue said.

"No!" Jin Can's eyes showed a hint of determination, and said.

"Why not? Don't you care about the lives of all the people of the city? Wu Jue said.

"Goryeo is my motherland, you are the enemy of the invasion, and we will never surrender to the enemy!" Jin Chan said.

"Your relatives and brothers are all in the countryside, and some of them have been captured by us, aren't you afraid that we will kill your relatives and brothers?" Wu Jue smiled and said again.

"Since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety have been difficult to achieve! I can only be loyal to the country, and I don't care about the lives of my relatives! Jin Can said without hesitation.

"This man is a loyal servant!" Yue Fei said beside Wu Jue.

For this Jin Can, Yue Fei still has some admiration in his heart! Since entering Goryeo, almost all the cities have surrendered without a fight, and now that a loyal minister has appeared, Yue Fei feels that it is really commendable.

Wu Jue nodded, he also respected his loyal ministers! However, as a general of the Great Song Dynasty, he must also take Renzhou.

"Bring him up!" After a moment of silence, Wu Jue waved his hand violently and said to the soldiers behind him.

Not long after, two soldiers came to the city of Inju with a young man in a yellow robe - it was Wang Kai, the king of Goryeo!

Yes!

In an instant, all the Koreans above stayed there!

"Your Majesty, it's Your Majesty! Old ministers see Your Majesty! Jin Can's face changed greatly, and he knelt down suddenly, and said.

"Grass people, see Your Majesty!" The Goryeo people on the city wall knelt down one after another and shouted in unison, Your Majesty.

Hearing the words "Your Majesty", Wang Kai's face showed an expression of sincere fear, and he secretly glanced at Wu Jue and Yue Fei, lest he provoke Wu Jue and Yue Fei to be angry.

"Persuade them to surrender!" Wu Jue said coldly.

"Obey the order." The king of Goryeo said hurriedly.

At that moment, the king of Goryeo began to shout loudly, telling the Goryeo people above to surrender.

"Your Majesty, we are all Goryeo people, how can we surrender to the Song people?" Hearing Wang Kai chattering below, Jin Can couldn't help but say.

"Lone has surrendered to the Great Song Dynasty, and from now on Lone will be the courtier of the Great Song Dynasty! Jin Can, Lone has surrendered, why are you fighting? For whom do you defend the city? Wang Kai said.

After Wang Kai said this, Jin Can froze again, and after a while, he became depressed.

The ancient Confucian culture emphasized "loyalty" the most, and the core of Confucianism was the word "loyalty"! But this loyalty is not loyalty to the country and the people, but loyalty to the king! In ancient times, Yue Fei was the most important example of "foolish loyalty" to the king, and the Jin Chan in front of him was also a model of foolish loyalty!

But now that all the kings to whom he was loyal had surrendered, what reason did he have, and for whom could he continue to fight?

Jin Can's mind was chaotic, and he didn't even know how to answer Wang Kai's words.

The Song army used the king of Goryeo to persuade Inju City to surrender, not only Jin Can couldn't deal with it, but all the Goryeo people above were at a loss at the moment!

"Open the gates of the city immediately and welcome the king into the city! The king is a teacher of benevolence and righteousness, and will never infringe on the people! Wang Kai shouted below.

After about a quarter of an hour, the city gate finally opened slowly, and the Song army began to rush towards Renzhou City!

The Goryeo people above did not stop the Song army, and the vast majority of them were as depressed as Jin Can.

Yue Fei, Wu Jue, Wang Kai and others walked towards the head of the city, and the Goryeo people here knelt down one after another, only Jin Can was still standing there.

Yue Fei and the others came to Jin Can, Jin Can looked at Wang Kai, let out a long sigh, and knelt down in front of Wang Kai.

"Great King, soon you will go to Yanjing to meet my Great Song Majesty, and my Great Song Majesty will personally canonize Your Majesty! Your Majesty's relatives and children will also go to Yanjing with Your Majesty! Mr. Jin, get up, and follow your king to see our majesty!" Wu Jue said.

Jin Can was still kneeling there, he slowly hugged Wang Kai's legs, and couldn't help crying, but Wang Kai's face showed an impatient expression.

Yue Fei stood at the head of the city, looking into the distance, his heart was extremely excited!

It only took two months for the Song army to conquer the entire territory of Goryeo! After that, Goryeo became a part of the Great Song Dynasty and could become a maritime barrier for Yanjing to protect the safety of the Great Song capital! The reason why the entire territory of Goryeo was conquered in such a quick time was mainly because the Song army was surprised and planned properly, so that they could take Goryeo like a bamboo!

"General Yue, I'm afraid that Goryeo will also be like Liaodong and other places, first implement military management for half a year, and then slowly return to normal governance, we have to discuss the matter of military management! In the future, we will garrison troops in Goryeo, and the number of troops stationed in Goryeo will also be discussed, and then reported to the Military Aircraft Department and the General Staff Headquarters! Wu Jue said.

"Good! Goryeo and Liaodong are one, and on land they can be owned by the Liaodong Military Region, but there are several important islands here that can be used as naval bases! Yue Fei said.

The two of them discussed the question of Goryeo's subordination here, and they did not mention it.

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The autumn mood is getting stronger and stronger, the mountains of the Central Plains have turned into a golden yellow, and at this moment, outside Yanjing City, an army of more than 1,000 people is coming in the direction of Yanjing City.

The procession came from the east, and there were dozens of wagons, some carrying goods, some with people sitting in them.

In the middle of a carriage, there sat a young man and an old man.

The young man is still wearing a yellow robe, it is the former king of Goryeo, Wang Kai, and the old man is Jin Can.

From Tianjin to Yanjing, the road is unusually wide and flat!

For such a road, Wang Kai praised it, but Jin Can just looked at it.

"Lord Jin, I heard that from Yanjing to Hanzhong, Yanjing to Kaifeng, Yanjing to Liaoyang Mansion are all such roads, this is really a magnificent project!" Wang Kai said.

Jin Chan nodded.

He pulled the curtain open, the autumn sun shone on him, and he could see sorghum fields everywhere on both sides of the road!

At this moment, the sorghum is close to maturity, and there is no other scenery except for this sorghum field for more than ten miles along the way.

The wide gravel road and the endless sorghum fields actually shocked Jin Can's heart.

"Lord Kim, do you see the canals on both sides of the road? From Tianjin Wei all the way to Yanjing, there are canals everywhere! Wang Kai said.

"The Han people are really amazing, in just a few years, agriculture in the Yanyun area has been completely restored! In the past few years, they have distributed all the fertile land to the farmers, they have built so many water conservancy facilities, and I have heard that they have provided countless ploughing cattle and farm tools to the people of Yanyun! This is not only the case for Yan Yun, but also for the entire Great Song Dynasty! Jin Chan said.

"Yes, the Han people are indeed amazing." Wang Kai said.

"Your Majesty, when you arrive in Yanjing, you may have to live a hard life!" Jin Chan said.

"Hard days? The generals of the Great Song Dynasty have already said that they will not treat us badly. Wang Kai said.

"How can a king who has died since ancient times have a path that is nothing more than a hard life? In the early years of the Great Song Dynasty, the lords of the Southern Tang Dynasty and the Later Shu were all killed, and the women were all occupied by the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty! A few days ago, the city of Kaifeng was broken, and the two emperors of the Great Song Dynasty were not also taken to the north and suffered a lot? Your Majesty, don't expect the Song people to treat us well. Jin Can smiled bitterly.

"This ......" Wang Kai sat there, his body trembling slightly, and his face was frightened.

"Your Majesty, the old minister will do his best to protect Your Majesty!" Jin Chan said.

"Don't call me Your Majesty anymore, just call me Lord Hou in the future, I'm no longer the king of Goryeo." Wang Kai said.

"In the heart of the old minister, you will always be my lord!" Jin Chan said.

Wang Kai sat there in a daze, unable to give up, and didn't know what he was thinking.

The convoy was still moving forward, and Jin Can was constantly observing the situation of the Great Song Dynasty.

In the afternoon, they came to the gate of Yanjing City.

It can be seen that there are countless people coming and going at the gate of the city, and there is no need to pay the city tax when entering and leaving Yanjing City, which makes Jin Can's heart even more surprised.

After entering Yanjing City, wherever they went, the soldiers drove the people aside, and the people of Yanjing City were all talking, not knowing who was doing it in the carriage.

Jin Can was still observing everything here, and he saw that this street was full of shops, and all the shops were crowded with people, and the real flow of people was blazing! There are all kinds of goods in the shops, some are selling some farm tools, some are selling some cotton cloth, some are selling some jade, and some are some furniture!

In the distance, there are also people in Yanjing City who look here!

There are almost no people with yellow faces and thin muscles among the people of Yanjing City, and almost all of them have relaxed expressions on their faces! There are not many beggars in sight here, and there is a bustling scene.

"Prosperous, prosperous!" Jin Chan let out a long sigh again.

As soon as the convoy left, the soldiers let go of the people again, and the people no longer paid attention to the convoy and continued to do their own thing.

The convoy went all the way, and there were prosperous scenes everywhere, and Jin Can was full of emotion in his heart.

After walking for an unknown amount of time, they came to another street.

This street is unusually wide, and there are many Confucian students on the street.

"Lord Kim, there are bookstores everywhere here!" Wang Kai was also attracted by the scene in the city at this moment, and said.

"Yes, I've seen at least twenty bookstores along the way! I also heard those Confucian scholars discuss the price of paper, a hundred pieces of rice paper only cost ten yuan, which is really cheap! Jin Chan said.

"This Yanjing City is really big!" Wang Kai said.

"It's almost ten times the size of Kaijing, and the people here are much richer than the people of Kaijing! Whether it is agriculture, commerce, or culture and education, they are all extremely powerful! The strength of the Song army also chased after the Han and Tang Dynasties! In the past, others said that the Han and Tang dynasties were prosperous, but we didn't see them, but I think the real Han and Tang dynasties are only afraid that they are not as good as the great Song Dynasty in front of us! Jin Chan said.

During the Han and Tang dynasties, China's population was too small, much worse than that of the Song Dynasty! In addition, after the implementation of rent reduction orders and other systems in the Great Song Dynasty, the economy developed rapidly, and the lives of ordinary people exceeded those of the most prosperous era of the Han and Tang dynasties.

"Your Majesty, now you know how big the gap between us and the Great Song is, right?" Jin Chan said.

"I really regret it in my lonely heart! If I had known that the Great Song Dynasty was so strong, I would never have the slightest extravagant hope for Liaodong, and I would not hesitate to pay tribute to the Great Song Emperor! Ay! Wang Kai said.

"Actually, we used to be a vassal to the Great Song Dynasty before! Later, after meeting the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, I will ask him, why did he send troops to us? We are their subjects, and there is no reason for them to do this to us! Jin Chan said.

"Lord Kim, don't do it!" Wang Kai exclaimed.

"Your Majesty, all the consequences will be borne by the old minister!" Jin Chan said.

They were still talking, but the convoy had stopped at this point.

"The palace has arrived!" The voice of the Song Army soldier came from outside, and Wang Kai's body trembled again.

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