Chapter 16: The Last Supper

On the Yehu Ridge, His Majesty the Emperor inspected the various passes and boosted the morale of the soldiers.

Yang Kang has read Yue Fei's "Wu Mu's Testament", but he doesn't have any actual combat experience, it can only be regarded as a paper talk, he didn't come here to take over the command of the army, he just wanted to see with his own eyes how erosive the Jin ** team was, and the 300,000 elite soldiers of the Jin State were chased by 70,000 Mongolian troops.

When he was in the Western Xia Kingdom, His Majesty the Emperor had seen the decadent expressions of the Western Xia soldiers, and this look he saw on the faces of the soldiers of the Jin Kingdom at this moment, these soldiers had lost their fighting spirit, and the indomitable momentum of the Outer Mongolian soldiers in Yehuling was completely incomparable.

The Jurchens are less than 10,000, and they are invincible.

This is a sentence that circulated in the Liao State a hundred years ago, indicating that the Liao State was jealous of the Jurchens, and later the Jurchens really destroyed the Liao State and established the Dajin Dynasty, since then the Jin army has always been a symbol of strength, and it is impossible to imagine that a hundred years later, this powerful army will be so weak.

The erosion of the gold ** team itself is on the one hand, the bravery of the Mongolian army is on the other hand, no one wants to be an opponent with the Mongols in this era, but think about it for another hundred years, at this time, the Mongolian army that dominates the world will still be wiped out by the peasant rebel army, which seems to be a reincarnation.

There is no eternal dynasty in this world.

His Majesty the Emperor sighed with emotion, even if he temporarily saved the Jin Kingdom, sooner or later he would still be replaced by a latecomer, but since he lived in this era, he would do his best and live a wonderful life, so as to live up to the time.

There are dozens of passes on Yehu Ridge, and Wanyan Chengyu dispersed 300,000 troops to defend at various passes, the advantage of this is that it can prevent the Mongol army from passing through Guò from other passes, and can hold Yehu Ridge, but the disadvantage is that the troops are scattered and it is difficult to take care of each other. Yang Kang didn't have a good way to do this, the terrain of Yehuling was like this, the advantage of the Mongol cavalry in the mountains would be weakened, but the same would be true for the Jin soldiers, the only advantage of the Jin soldiers was that they were on the defensive side, as long as they held the pass.

The battle began. In the heart-pounding sound of war drums, the Mongol army launched a fierce attack like tigers and wolves, they did not ride horses, but attacked on foot, and were not afraid of the arrows and rolling wood thunder stones of the golden soldiers, and the killing intent that soared into the sky made the emperor think that the Mongols had the skills of barbarian madness.

Cowardice!

This is another problem that Yang Kang discovered, the soldiers of the Jin Kingdom would show a look of fear on their faces when they saw the brave Mongol army, they were psychologically afraid of the Mongols, and once there was a shadow psychologically. It will be difficult to win, and His Majesty the Emperor only hopes that he can defend the Wild Fox Ridge.

However, it backfired, and on the second night, there was a phenomenon of Jin soldiers fleeing, not a few people, but groups of soldiers fleeing, even if they were captured and killed by the sergeants who supervised the war, it was useless, in order to stabilize the morale of the army. Yang Kang had no choice but to tell them that the reinforcements from Jingzhao Mansion were about to arrive.

His Majesty the Emperor knew that there were no reinforcements left, and the battle between King Rong, Yan Hongxi and Mu Huali in Shaanxi was in a stalemate. There are still 50,000 forbidden troops in the imperial city of Zhongdu, but it is the army that guards the imperial city, and it cannot be moved, otherwise the imperial city is prone to turmoil, and this time the emperor only brought 5,000 forbidden troops to see the current situation. Yang Kang was pessimistic about the outcome of the Battle of Yehuling.

Finally, five days later, Jebe led the Mongol army to rush to the badger's mouth pass, and the Jin soldiers were once again routed, and Yehuling was lost.

Wanyan Chengyu escorted the emperor with the remnants of the army to flee in a hurry, and did not hold on to the city along the way. He fled until he stopped at Huhe Fort, and only 70,000 of the 300,000 army remained, and he gathered the remnants of the army to prepare for another battle, and sent the emperor back to the imperial city of Zhongdu.

This was the end of the first confrontation between Yang Kang and Temujin.

His Majesty the Emperor looked at those soldiers who were discouraged, and knew very well that Huhe Fort could not stop the Mongol army, and sure enough, when he first arrived in the middle capital, the news of the loss of Huhe Fort came, and the 100,000 troops that Wanyan Chengyu had just gathered were slaughtered by the Mongols.

Five days later, the Mongol army came to the middle capital.

At this time, the court of the Jin Kingdom was even more chaotic, and the Dazong Zhengfu was clamoring to negotiate peace, and to keep the Jiangshan Society of the Dajin Kingdom, and the courtiers began to blame the emperor for acting recklessly, and vaguely blamed the responsibility for the loss of Yehuling on the emperor Majesty, in view of the fact that the emperor has been silent, the Dazong Zhengfu and the courtiers are ready to unite to force the palace, so that the emperor will take the initiative to abdicate, and they will set up a new monarch.

After Yang Kang returned to the central capital, he has been thinking about a question, is there any salvation in Dajin Kingdom?

After comparing the Mongol sergeants and the Jin ** sergeants, the emperor felt that even if he escaped this catastrophe and succeeded in negotiating peace, Mongolia would still unify the world in a few or more years, and Yang Kang was faced with the choice of whether to continue to mend the mess or start anew.

At this time, he saw the recital jointly written by the Dazong Zhengfu and the ministers, which was the recital that made him abdicate, and counted several of his crimes in the recital, including life problems, the death of the emperor, the loss of Yehuling, etc., among which there was even the crime of ** harem, is this an insinuation that he stayed in Concubine Rong's palace for too long?

These people are really civilized, and they didn't directly launch a coup d'état to kill me.

Fortunately, the emperor mentioned in the charges is an old problem, but it is just some excuses, it seems that these people have reached a consensus, to abdicate themselves, and then find an emperor who can control zhì and negotiate peace with the Mongols, this is also the old way, the emperor is sometimes the scapegoat.

On the tenth day of the Mongol siege, Emperor Dajin issued an edict that he was not qualified for the position of emperor, and invited the officials of the Dazong Zhengfu and the princes and courtiers to the palace to discuss and see who would be the new emperor.

That night, there was a big feast in the palace, all the officials and the prince were eagerly discussing while eating and drinking, some people felt that the little prince Wan Yanxu should be appointed as the emperor, and some people felt that a certain prince should be appointed as the emperor, anyway, there were different opinions, and in the end most people thought that it was most appropriate to set up the little prince Wan Yanxu as the emperor.

Emperor Majesty looked at this qiē with a smile, until the results came out, he asked the palace people to invite Concubine Rong and the little prince out to prepare for the Zen throne, the minister and the prince couldn't help but put their minds at ease, it seems that this emperor Majesty Xià has decided to let go, no matter what harsh conditions the Mongols propose, the royal family of the Jin Kingdom can be regarded as preserved.

The palace people left, and the palace doors closed.

The six palace people who had been in charge of serving in the main hall suddenly took out daggers from their arms and began to kill these ministers and princes, and the screams resounded throughout the hall, and the Yulin army outside wanted to rush in, but found that the palace door had already been locked and could not be opened at all.

The six palace people, three men and three women in the main hall, they shot sharply, killed with one blow, without hesitation, took their lives in the stunned of these ministers and princes, and killed hundreds of people in a short period of time, and the killing continued.

This is the reserve force cultivated by Yang Kang, these six children have practiced martial arts for two years, they can be regarded as second-rate masters, it is effortless to kill these ministers and princes, these people cannot carry sharp weapons when they enter the palace, they don't even have the most basic protection, killing them is as easy as killing chickens and slaughtering cows.

His Majesty the Emperor named this operation "The Last Supper", and he planned that the Yulin Army could not be used in this operation, because the Yulin Army was inextricably linked with the prince's ministers, and he could not let others know, so he only told these six children who were about the same age as him, and these six people were hidden in the Zhao Palace's mansion on weekdays, and there was no chance of contact with the outside world, so there was no problem in loyalty.

Sixty years ago, Hailing King Wanyan Liang summoned all the ministers into the palace, and then there was a bloody massacre, almost slaughtering the royal family and ministers, so that the power was in his hands, and now the emperor is just learning from his predecessors, if it weren't for these ministers and princes to force him to a dead end, Yang Kang is really unwilling to do this kind of thing, because in this way, he is likely to be named a tyrant in history.

Tyrants are tyrants, anyway, history is written by posterity, and he can't see it.

The killing below gradually stopped, the six children were checking one by one to see if there was a live mouth, and when they found a live mouth, they made up for it, and only stopped when they were sure that they were all dead, and stood quietly aside, waiting for the next instruction of His Majesty the Emperor, at this time, the corpses in the hall were all over the field, blood was flowing all over the ground, and the bloody atmosphere was wanton, including all the princes and ministers, a total of two hundred and thirty-six people, all of whom died, and none of them were spared.

His Majesty the Emperor looked at these just fresh lives, took a sip of the wine glass, a little sweet, he tasted the dishes on the table for the first time since the feast, this dinner was not bad, it was very suitable for his taste. (To be continued......)