Chapter 1 On the Road

The army marched all the way, and Yang Kang greedily looked at the scenery outside.

The scenery outside is not as beautiful as imagined, the further north you go, the more desolate it becomes, and there are few groups of caravans or pedestrians on the road, probably because the arrival of the army has been avoided in advance.

Sitting in the carriage was not as comfortable as imagined, especially after leaving the official road, it was even more bumpy.

The roads of this era are very rough, and it is generally possible to run horses, not to mention the potholes, and they are not regular, and sometimes you have to take a long detour.

But Yang Kang thinks it's very good, it feels very real.

He once had such an idea in his mind, and the one he was experiencing now was a reality show launched by a large film and television company against the backdrop of the entire Zhongdu City, and everyone in the Zhongdu City was actors, and he was the only protagonist in it.

Such a plot appeared in "The Truman Show".

Leaving the middle capital at this moment, he saw the outside world, he really knew that he had come to a different time and space, to the world in the novel, he was not the protagonist here, just a villain with a tragic color.

While being depressed, Yang Kang breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, at least he still had time to change this qiē.

Yelu Chucai is a conscientious teacher, and he still does not forget to arrange homework for Yang Kang on the way to the road, Wanyan Hongxi is not interested in these studies, and even hates them, so he always leaves the carriage at this time, rides on a horse and takes the soldiers out hunting.

It is said that it is hunting, and sometimes it will kill people and set fires.

Since four years ago and the Southern Song Dynasty Han Yanxuan's Northern Expeditionary Army fought, there has been no major war in the Jin country, there have been many cases of corruption in the army, and it is not uncommon for the children of nobles to enter the army to take credit, and the combat power of the entire Jin ** team has begun to decline.

This time, in order to put pressure on the various tribes of Mongolia, he brought with him the well-equipped elite troops of the Jin State.

Yelu Chucai's lectures are not limited to the content of the text, he often uses examples from history to explain the meaning of the text, like telling a story, revealing the meaning of the story from the story.

Yang Kang likes this kind of teaching method, the real scholars in ancient times were able to teach without class, teaching students according to their aptitude, and the cramming education of later generations was poisoning children.

Teacher, preach and teach to solve doubts.

As a teacher, it is not enough to impart knowledge, but also moral education, which is the real teacher.

When the master and apprentice were discussing with each other, there were screams and cries in the distance, Yelu Chucai sighed, this kind of thing often happened along the way, and the military discipline of the Jin ** team had been corrupted to the point that he couldn't help but be a little worried.

From the current point of view, the Jin country is still in its prime, but many signs of decay have appeared.

Today's emperor is not as energetic as when he was young, since a serious illness, perhaps because he feels that life is short, he should be happy in time, so he does not want to forge ahead, greedy for pleasure, not only to build a palace, the pursuit of luxury, but also to covet beauty, to recruit concubines.

Maybe only the Six Princes can save the Jin Kingdom.

The army marched slowly, not in a hurry, and had to stop in major cities along the way, and finally entered the desert in late autumn.

Looking at the endless grassland and the eagles flying in the sky, Yang Kang sighed with emotion.

It was a miracle that such a nomadic people of the steppes were able to expand their territory into Europe and become the most powerful empire in the world at the time, but their later rule was so brutal that it led to its demise.

If you think about today's Jin country, you can see how similar the history is.

They were greeted by Temujin's eldest son, Jochi, a middle-aged man with a brave appearance, with the ruggedness and heroism peculiar to the Cypriot people, who spoke loudly.

Yang Kang looked curiously at the surroundings in the carriage, at this time, Wanyan Hongxi had already gone out, and at this time, as the prince of the Jin Kingdom, he needed to support the scene.

According to his words, it is to teach the barbarians of the Northland a lesson.

It is a large tribe, with yurts as far as the eye can see constitutes the main body of this tribe, countless herds of cattle and sheep represent wealth, and the herders here have a kind of wildness on their faces.

That's right, wildness.

It's a force that isn't bound by rules, they're an explosive, unpredictable race, and it's scary, and you don't know if it's going to suddenly burst out and hurt people.

If the Mongols were barbaric and the Jin were brave, then the Southern Song Dynasty was feminine.

Confucianism has given the world rules, but this rule has worn away the wildness of human beings, made human beings tame, and thus lost their vitality.

The Jin people were assimilated into the Han culture and began to become weak.

This is not to say that Confucian culture is bad, but that there is a deviation in the understanding of rules, and a person who speaks of rules and a person who does not follow rules have a dispute, and in a society bound by rules, it is generally the person who speaks the rules wins, and the person who does not speak the rules is punished.

But in this era, it is not a society of rules, but a society of the jungle, and if you want not to be bullied, you have to make yourself stronger.

The Jin army followed the Mongol army into the territory of the Qiyan tribe, and Temujin led a group of people to stand on the side of the road to greet them.

Wanyan Hongxi, who was riding on a horse, looked at a group of children around him and looked at Jin Bing curiously, and was happy, so he took out a handful of gold coins from his arms and threw them towards the children, which was a reward for them.

This kind of princely style he often did in the Jin Kingdom, as a way to show his generosity, and the children of the poor would always snatch it with joy and thank the prince.

At this time, the children who could watch were all the children of the high-ranking generals in the begging department, not the children of poor families, and no one went to pick up the gold coins on the ground, which made Wanyan Hongxi a little disappointed, so he scolded a few words in Jurchen words.

Although there are regional differences between Jurchen and Mongolian, they belong to the same language family, even if they don't understand it very well, they can guess a rough idea, and suddenly the surrounding Mongolian soldiers are indignant, but because they are facing the prince of the Jin country, they can only endure it.

At this time, a child suddenly picked up a few gold coins from the ground, ran over and threw them towards Wanyan Hongxi with all his might, and a gold coin also smashed on Wanyan Hongxi's head.

Wanyan Hongxi was annoyed and angry, grabbed the spear of the guard next to him and threw it at the child, the spear was about to shoot into the child's chest, and a sharp arrow flew in, missed the spear, and saved the child.

Wanyan Honglie hurriedly stopped the third brother and resolved the matter with words, it was not a big deal if the child was not killed or injured, and under the leadership of Temujin, he let the two golden princes into the big tent.

Yang Kang got out of the carriage and followed Wanyan Honglie, and when he entered the big tent, he turned his head and took a deep look at the child who was still in shock.

That kid is Guo Jing.