Chapter 711: Lord Wei Dies

Seeing that Murong Jun was going to execute himself, Ran Min finally breathed a sigh of relief, after waiting for so many days, he finally waited for this moment, in fact, since the day he was captured, he knew that he would definitely die, Murong Jun's so-called surrender was just a scam, even if he really surrendered to Yan State, it was impossible to avoid Murong Jun's poisonous hands, rather than bending his knees to die, it was better to die with dignity, only in this way could he die with value and dignity.

Murong Jun walked out of the cell where Ran Min was being held, glanced back at Ran Min, and saw that Ran Min was still sitting cross-legged, not moved at all by the approach of death, sighed, and strode out of the cell.

On the way back to the palace, Murong Jun was still angry, and cursed Ran Min in his heart from time to time.

After returning to the palace, Murong Jun sat heavily on the chair in the main hall, at this moment, Ran Min's execution was a foregone conclusion, Murong Jun's plan to recruit Wei soldiers was a complete failure, for this reason, he had to think about new countermeasures again to break the deadlock in the direction of Jizhou.

"Report, Your Majesty, report urgently." Just when Murong Jun was irritable, important news came.

Murong Jun hurriedly took the urgent report, and waved his hand, telling all the irrelevant people to retreat, leaving only Yang Wu alone.

"Your Majesty, what is so secret, you need to retreat." Yang Wu asked softly.

Murong Jun handed the urgent report into the hands of Yang Wu, and said: "The news has come back from the direction of Yecheng that the Great Jin Imperial Court has relieved the military affairs of Liangzhou and Yizhou, the governors of Hua'an, which shows that our activities of sending Jiankang City to spread rumors have already had an effect. The Great Jin Imperial Court no longer trusts Hua'an, and has begun to weaken the strength of its command, which is great news for my Great Yan Kingdom! Hahaha! He laughed.

"Congratulations to the king, this is indeed good news, as long as there is discord within the Great Jin court, my Great Yan Kingdom can defeat the Jin army and then dominate the world." Yang Wu hurriedly hugged her fists and congratulated.

Murong Jun nodded and said softly: "This king also has a relationship with this Hua'an, more than ten years ago. When I was in Liaodong. This king found out that he was a talent, and more than ten years later, he really became the mainstay of the Jin army, but it was a pity that he secretly invested in the pearl. Actually loyal to the little doll of eight or nine years old. Do your best to play for Dajin. But he ended up being suspicious, but I am afraid that in the end, he will die of grief and anger like Zu Ti back then! This king felt a little unbearable in his heart. However, for the sake of the great cause of the Great Yan Kingdom, this king must be ruthless. After speaking, his face was full of hypocrisy.

"The king is wise, now, although there are many soldiers and horses in the Great Jin Dynasty, but they are not united, our army can defeat them by counter-strategy, and after the Jin army is completely scattered, it will no longer be the opponent of my Great Yan State Iron Cavalry, and when the time comes, the king can reign over the world and realize the ambition of dominating the world." Yang Wu greeted him loudly.

"Okay, then our army will temporarily hold its troops and wait for an incident to happen in the Great Jin Dynasty." Murong Jun whispered.

Yang Wu heard this, smiled, he naturally understood what Murong Jun meant, the gradual weakening of Hua'an by the Great Jin Dynasty is very likely to cause Hua'an's resistance, which will plunge the Great Jin Dynasty into civil strife, if Hua'an does not resist, the strength under his command will become weaker and weaker, and then it will not pose a threat to the army of Yan State, no matter what happens, it will be a good thing for Great Yan Kingdom.

"Report, Wang, Pu Hong led 50,000 horses, has occupied the plain southeast of Jizhou, Bohai, Leling, Qinghe four counties, and stationed troops in Qinghe City, the intention is unknown?" Just when Murong Jun was overjoyed, there was important news ahead.

Murong Jun was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly walked to the map, looked at the topographic map of Jizhou, and said: "Qinghe City is on the east side of Xiangguo and Yecheng, and the distance between Yecheng and Xiangguo is within three hundred miles. After speaking, he frowned.

When Yang Wu heard this, he hugged his fists and said: "Your Majesty, Pu Hong was originally a general under Shi Hu, this person is quite brave, and has great ambitions, and his ambition is only afraid that he will no longer be under the king, this time, Pu Hong suddenly crossed the north and went north, and occupied the four counties of Jizhou, and stationed troops in Qinghe City, it seems that he wants to develop his strength alone, not to be an enemy of anyone. ”

Seeing Yang Wu's analysis, Murong Jun looked at the map again, and suddenly understood, at this time, the main army of Yan and the Jin and Wei coalition forces have become a confrontation, and no one has absolute certainty of destroying the other party, therefore, the army of Pu Hong, who is on the flank of the two armies, has become a decisive force, Pu Hong helps the Yan army, then the Yan army's chances of victory will be greatly increased, if Pu Hong helps the Jin and Wei coalition forces, then Hua'an and Jiang Gan's chances of victory will be greatly increased, such a key force will become the object of the two armies, Pu Hong can take advantage of this favorable situation to greatly strive for more benefits for himself.

"The small army of 50,000 under Pu Hong's command has now taken the lifeblood of our army and the Jin army at the same time, so that both our army and the Jin army have to try their best to win them over! This Pu Hong is really vicious, and at such a time, he suddenly stationed troops in Qinghe City. Murong Jun said softly.

"Your Majesty, no matter how ambitious Pu Hong is, with the current situation in Hebei, my Dayan must try his best to win over Pu Hong, otherwise, once Pu Hong falls to the Jin army, the main army of my Dayan Kingdom in Xiangguo City will be in danger." Yang Wu said loudly.

Murong Jun nodded and ordered: "You're right, the task of winning over the Puhong Legion will be handed over to Aiqing, and this king believes in Yang Aiqing." ”

"The king can rest assured, Weichen will do his best, at least he will not let Pu Hong help the Jin army." Yang Wu assured loudly.

When Murong Jun heard this, he nodded with satisfaction and waved his hand to let Yang Wu retreat.

In the afternoon of the second day, under the order of Murong Jun, a group of Yan soldiers escorted Ran Min out of the city and beheaded Ran Min outside the city.

After these soldiers responsible for burying Ran Min's body returned to Jicheng, Murong Jun tricked all these soldiers into the palace in the name of reward, and ordered the sword and axe men to kill all these soldiers on the spot, so that the location of burying Ran Min's body became an eternal mystery, so as to attack the worship of Ran Min by the people of Wei.

The news that Ran Min was beheaded by Murong Jun, the king of Yan, soon spread to Yecheng, and the people and officials of Yecheng were all sad and wept when they heard it, and even, there were many ministers loyal to Ran Min, who drew their swords and committed suicide as soon as they learned the news, and followed Ran Min.

The monarch died, naturally the whole country wore filial piety, and the palace in Yecheng was full of white silk Luo, Ran Min's queen Dong and eldest son Ran Zhi, all dressed in linen and filial piety, and set up a mourning hall for Ran Min in the palace.

According to common sense, after the death of the monarch, the new monarch should immediately succeed to the throne to stabilize the country, but at this moment, the ministers of the Wei State could not do this, because the Great Wei State had already declared itself a vassal to the Great Jin Dynasty, and the Great Jin Dynasty had not yet officially issued a decree to canonize it, so Ran Zhi's position could not be determined, so naturally he could not succeed to the throne.

According to Jiang Gan's request in the letter to the Great Jin court, it was to fight for the throne for Ran Zhi, so as to retain the Great Wei State, but the Great Jin Court accepted the surrender of the Wei State, but did not agree to canonize Ran Zhi as the king.

However, the Wei State is now full of holes, and there is not much land left, and it is not very important when the new monarch will succeed to the throne, or whether the Great Wei State will survive or not, so the ministers of the Wei State can hold a funeral for Ran Min wholeheartedly with peace of mind.

As for whether the Great Jin Dynasty canonized Ran Zhi as the king or canonized him as the assassin of a state, there is no need to care about it for the time being.

When the entire Yecheng fell into an atmosphere of extreme grief, Hua An demanded that the army under his command not leave the camp at will, let alone say anything unfavorable to Ran Min, so as not to anger the people of Wei and cause unnecessary disturbances.

A few days later, the news that Ran Min was executed by Murong Jun spread to Jiankang City, and the Manchu civil and military forces of the Great Jin Dynasty court all had a cold attitude towards Ran Min's execution, and even some officials expressed gloating.

The reason why these officials of the Great Jin Dynasty had such a reaction was because they were high-ranking scholars, and they looked down on people from poor backgrounds like Ran Min in their bones, and besides, Ran Min's thunderous means of killing Hu were extremely cruel in their eyes, which made them very disgusted with Ran Min.

However, since Ran Min had been executed, and the Wei State had also declared himself a vassal to the Great Jin court, the Great Jin court always issued a holy decree to give an explanation to the Wei officials in order to appease the Wei ministers who had taken refuge in the Great Jin.

At this time, on the main hall of the Jiankang City Palace, the Empress Dowager Chu Lianzi summoned all the ministers to discuss how to canonize Ran Zhi, as well as the officials and generals of the Wei State.

Chu Lianzi looked at the ministers above the hall and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, a few days ago, Jiang Gan, the general of Wei, on behalf of Wei, declared himself a minister to my Great Jin court, presented the jade seal of the country, and sought the throne for Ran Zhi. ”

"What does the Queen Mother mean?" A minister asked, clenching his fists.

Chu Lianzi said: "The mourning family thinks that since the Wei State has decided to return to the Great Jin Dynasty and presented the jade seal of the country, my Great Jin should be canonized as the king of Wei at the request of Jiang Gan, so as to reassure the ministers of the Wei State, what do you think?" After speaking, he looked at the ministers above the main hall.

"Think twice! How can a person from a humble background like Ran Zhi be qualified to be a king? A scholar clan official clenched his fists in disagreement. (To be continued......)