Chapter 3 Facing Forward Behind the Curtain
When King Rong Wanyan Hongxi left the Kaifeng Imperial City, he took away the Emperor Wanyan Xu of the Jin State, and the reason was that the emperor wanted to drive the imperial expedition in person, boost the morale of the soldiers in front, and resist the invasion of the Mongols.
Is this to abandon the imperial city?
The ministers guessed that King Rong did not intend to abandon the imperial city, but just gave up the command of the imperial city, and took away the emperor Wan Yan Xu just in case, the main battlefield of this war between the three kingdoms was in Kaifeng City, if it was a qiē shun lì fine, but once the imperial city was breached, at least the emperor of the Jin State would not become a prisoner, even if it was really a qiē shun lì, the three princes were also worried about the reaction of the Song State after defeating the Mongol army, which was the real reason why he took Wan Yan Xu.
Yang Kang can only smile bitterly at this, he and King Rong trust each other, and at the same time guard against each other, he personally came to Kaifeng City to express the sincerity of cooperation, King Rong handed over Kaifeng City to him is also a manifestation of trust, but they are worried that each other will change their minds, after all, this is related to the rise and fall of a country.
Above the court hall of the Jin Kingdom, a thick curtain blocked the sight of the ministers, there was a chair behind the curtain, and there were two people sitting on the chair, this was the first time that the Empress Dowager of the Jin Kingdom hung the curtain to listen to the government, and it was inevitable that she was nervous, she grabbed the hand of the person next to her, and wanted to get a little support.
After the palace people announced the start of the court meeting, there was a silence.
The courtiers didn't know how to communicate with the queen mother, if they threw out too difficult questions, they seemed aggressive, and if they asked some painless questions, what was the point of the court, especially at this critical moment, silence is not the solution, and the courtroom would continue.
To the surprise of the ministers, the Queen Mother replied simply and capably. Although the voice was weak, the words spoken were very sharp, and they were often able to get to the heart of the matter, which gave the ministers a very strange feeling that the tone of the queen mother's speech and the content of her words were very incongruous, as the court meeting progressed. The Queen Mother's voice became softer and softer, and it was still a little scattered.
Yang Kang noticed this problem, originally he whispered in Concubine Rong's ear, and then Concubine Rong said it according to the script, but as time went by, Concubine Rong gradually leaned on him, and her tone began to change, the woman's ears were very sensitive, and whispering in her ear for a long time would always cause a reaction from the body. He had no choice but to hold Concubine Rong in his arms and use his internal strength to help Concubine Rong calm down.
After the Empress Dowager of Jin Guo sobered up, she was ashamed, and the ministers couldn't wait for the Empress Dowager's reply for a long time, thinking that the Empress Dowager was not very clear and put it aside for the time being to discuss the next topic. She was in the man's arms, and her voice was getting softer and weaker.
The Empress Dowager of Jin Guo hung the curtain for the first time. On the whole, it was successful, to the surprise of the courtiers, the queen mother coped with it decently, and was very familiar with the government affairs of the court, but the courtiers were also a little worried, this would not be a harbinger of the harem to interfere in politics, right? Fortunately, the queen mother came from a humble background. There will be no relatives and henchmen, otherwise it will be a disaster for the Jin country.
After the ministers retired from the court, the Empress Dowager was completely paralyzed in the arms of the Emperor Xià, this scene was not unfamiliar to the Emperor Xià, in the Song Kingdom he would sometimes hold Xie Daoqing behind the curtain to listen to those ministers' discussions. Empress Xie reacted slowly and assertively, and would not be as worried and panicked as Concubine Rong.
The same curtain, different countries, and people with different reactions in their arms, which gave His Majesty the Emperor a novel feeling, and he helped the Empress Dowager of Jin back to the harem.
As the days passed, the war finally broke out.
Wogetai marched from Liaodong with 150,000 Mongol troops, all the way to Hebei, where they encountered fierce resistance, and Rongwang Wanyan Hongxi transferred part of the army originally arranged along the Yangtze River to the north, which made the Mongol Great Khan encounter some setbacks, on the contrary, the Song army advanced smoothly, the army led by Meng Zongzheng set off from Xiangyang and the army led by Jia Sheng marched from Lianghuai, although the war was equally tragic, but the march was extremely fast.
His Majesty the Emperor needed the Song army to come to Kaifeng a few days earlier than the Mongol army, so that the Song army could have time to rest and make arrangements, and when the Mongol army came in a hurry, it could give a fatal blow, although the Song and Mongolia were allies, but whoever broke through Kaifeng first could enjoy the right to loot the imperial city and treasury of the Jin State, and those generals who did not want to monopolize the credit of destroying a country.
One is premeditated, the other is exhausted......
Yang Kang used an imperial city of Jin as a bait to leave the Mongolian army under Kaifeng City, he originally wanted to wait for the army of thunder to come, but King Rong did not want to use the entire Dajin Kingdom as a bet, even if the Kaifeng Imperial City was broken, the Jin Kingdom still had Chang'an City to hold, if Chang'an City was abandoned, then the Jin Kingdom would have no place to stand.
What's more, if the two armies of Tuolei and Wokotai meet, it will not only be extremely difficult in the operation and scheduling of the army, but also may not be able to completely eliminate the Mongol army, and may also be overturned by the Mongol army, it is better to gather the strength of the two countries to destroy one of the Mongol armies, so the odds are greater, and it can also ensure the balance of power between the Song State and the Jin State.
Under the construction of King Rong, His Majesty the Emperor had no choice but to restrain his ambition to wipe out the Mongol army, anyway, as long as he wiped out half of the Mongol army, he would be able to win at least a few years, and then slowly try to do it.
A month after the outbreak of the Three Kingdoms War, Yang Kang issued an order for the Jin army to retreat in an all-round way and concentrate on defending the imperial city of Kaifeng through the mouth of the empress dowager.
However, this order was opposed by the courtiers of the Jin State, and they were defeated without a fight, leading the enemy army to the imperial city, which was an extremely conservative and dangerous practice, once the large armies of the Mongol and Song States came to the city, it was too late to escape, for their own safety and the sake of the Jin State, the courtiers thought that they should fight for every inch of land and fight to the end.
In the face of the minister's accusations, the empress dowager was a little worried, but the emperor was to persevere to the end, he would never allow anyone to sabotage his plan, but he did not intend to kill the courtiers again, at this time the wanton killing would cause turmoil in the Kaifeng imperial city, he asked the palace people to announce their retirement from the court, and announced that the prime minister went to the study to discuss matters.
Xu Ding, the prime minister of the Jin Kingdom, followed the palace people to the study in the palace, he was very strange why the queen mother summoned him in the study, this is the emperor's regulation, the queen mother generally summons the minister in the side hall, he came to the study, the palace people left, he heard someone announce his entry, so he pushed open the door.
On the second day, at the court meeting, the Prime Minister fully agreed with the Empress Dowager's suggestion, and vigorously refuted the remarks of other courtiers, which made those courtiers look at each other, is the Prime Minister sick? Xu Ding looked at those courtiers coldly, and his heart was determined, when he pushed open the door and saw the person in the study, he knew that Dajin Guo was saved this time, and if you are not afraid of death, continue to make trouble. (To be continued......)