It has been a month since the Mongolian army besieged the city, and still no good news has come through. In other words, Zhongdu City's external connections have been completely cut off, and Zhongdu Imperial City has become an isolated city.

Since that terrifying night, His Majesty the Emperor has finally gained great power, but he only gained it under the high-pressure rule of the Yulin Army. Now everyone in Zhongdu City is in danger, and those lower-level officials are frightened by His Majesty the Emperor's cruel methods.

Coupled with the strong intervention of the Forbidden Army, all opposition voices completely disappeared.

The Kingdom of Jin was founded by force, but it has been promoting Sinicization in the course of its development for a hundred years. The civil servants have gradually gained power, and Confucianism has become the foundation of governing the country. Throughout the dynasties, civil servants and military officers have always been fighting, but one thing is very clear.

, that is, soldiers must not interfere in politics. Military interference in politics is the beginning of disaster.

Yang Kang's approach is undoubtedly an extreme. He used bloody facts to remind those civil servants who are obsessed with exercising power that your lives are nothing in my eyes. The Yulin Army participates in governing the country as the defenders of the imperial palace. From the perspective of Confucianism,

This is a historical regression. The rule of Confucianism that the Jin Kingdom has promoted for many years was destroyed at this moment.

tyrant!

Although those officials did not dare to resort to it verbally, they labeled His Majesty the Emperor in their hearts. They continued to make the imperial city operate normally under the supervision of the Yulin Army. However, this high-pressure rule obviously could not last long. Yang Kang stood on

The opposite of Confucianism.

His Majesty the Emperor doesn't know the consequences of this. In this era, reputation is very important. Think about it, Song Jiang is just a small official, but all the heroes in the world have to call him brother when they meet. That's because he has the ability to "timely rain".

He has a good reputation, but if an emperor is given the bad name of a tyrant, who of the wise men in the world will seek refuge with him?

However, Yang Kang had no regrets. These were troubled times, and only heroes could survive in troubled times. He imagined what Wanyan Honglie would do if he was in his situation. His Majesty the Emperor finally decided that Wanyan Honglie would kill more than him, although

Wanyan Honglie is dead, but Yang Kang feels that Wanyan Honglie's influence on him is getting deeper and deeper.

In order to maintain the normal operation of the imperial city, His Majesty the Emperor did not kill the lower-level officials who were really doing things. At this moment, he did not need those ministers who only wanted to negotiate peace with Mongolia. Instead, he wanted the whole city to unite and hold on to the central capital, waiting for reinforcements.

arrival.

What Yang Kang wants to fight for is time, and he just hopes that everything will not come too late.

However, one month has almost reached its limit. This does not mean that there is no supplies in Zhongdu City. As the capital of the Kingdom of Jin, there is no problem even if it holds on for a year or two. However, the consequences of high-pressure rule have appeared, and the lower-level officials have begun to slack off and guard the city.

The morale of the soldiers in the city was low, and the people had complaints. The most important thing was that they saw no hope and believed that reinforcements would not come. Sooner or later, the Imperial City of Zhongdu would be breached, and the Kingdom of Jin would be over.

Under the influence of this pessimistic mood, Mongolian soldiers almost broke into the city several times. Zhongdu City reached a critical moment of life and death. His Majesty the Emperor knew that it was time to make a decision again. He did not know whether the reinforcements from King Rong would arrive.

, I don’t know how far Lou Shidao has achieved in the Western Regions, and I don’t know how many days he can hold on...

If you can't hold on, then run away!

His Majesty the Emperor thought that as long as he was still alive, he could rebuild the Jin Dynasty whether he went to Chang'an City or Kaifeng Mansion. Even if Zhongdu City was breached, the Jin Kingdom Court would still exist. The purpose of holding on to Zhongdu City was to buy time and escape from Zhongdu City.

Capital City is also trying to buy time.

After the Imperial City of Zhongdu was besieged for a month and a half, His Majesty the Emperor asked the Yulin Army to publicize in the city that the Mongols had the habit of massacring the city. He also asked Prince Li Chengzhen of Xixia to appear and explain the miserable conditions of the people in the city after the Zhongxing Mansion of the Xixia Kingdom was breached by the Mongols.

This was not to strengthen the determination of the people in the city to defend the city, but to allow the people to escape from Zhongdu City.

His Majesty the Emperor frantically opened the treasury of the Kingdom of Jin, distributed the gold, silver and treasures in the treasury according to the rank of officials, and also distributed the food and materials in the treasury to the people. Yang Kang dispersed the national wealth. He was not doing charity, he just didn't want to

Just leave it to the Mongols.

These officials and people had a lot of wealth and were naturally unwilling to be robbed by the Mongols. His Majesty the Emperor announced that he would open the city gates to allow the people to escape from Zhongdu City. However, there was only one chance. If you missed it, you would be caught and killed by the Mongols.

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So late one night, the nine gates of the Imperial City of Zhongdu were opened wide, and hundreds of thousands of people in the city swarmed out and fled the imperial city with their money. This was a mass effect. Hundreds of thousands of people did not dare to leave.

The Mongol camp fled, but hundreds of thousands of people dared to attack the Mongolian camp together.

The Mongolian army was shocked by this crazy scene and sent troops to chase these people. However, Mongolia only had tens of thousands of troops. It was not easy to stop hundreds of thousands of people. Among these people were fleeing Jin soldiers. Fighting was everywhere outside Zhongdu City.

It can be seen that the Mongolian soldiers began to massacre the fleeing people.

Taking advantage of the chaos, His Majesty the Emperor, dressed as a peasant, escaped quietly.

Those who escaped at the same time as Yang Kang included Mu Nianci, Concubine Rong, the young prince Wan Yanxu, the six children, the Xixia princes Li Chengzhen and Murong Yan, Wu Qinglie and Hou Tonghai. Of course, they did not leave together. That would be too big a goal.

Only Mu Nianci and Concubine Rong's mother and son were left with His Majesty the Emperor.

Four years later, escape expert Yang Kang once again escaped from Zhongdu City.

I will be back!

In the night, His Majesty the Emperor looked back at the city, thinking secretly.

In 1216 AD, in the autumn of the second year of Jin Tianci's reign, the Mongolian army broke through Zhongdu Imperial City, the capital of the Jin Kingdom. However, when Temujin entered this majestic city, he found that it was almost an empty city, except for some timid people.

Except for the common people who dared to run away, they did not find any members of the Jin Kingdom's royal family or any high-ranking officials, because those people were all killed by Yang Kang, and even Li Shi'er, who was under house arrest, died. His Majesty the Emperor really couldn't bear the thought of that person.

The empress dowager, who had gone through many hardships, was ravaged by the Mongols again.

The Mongolian army searched the city for a day, but gained very little. The door of the Jin Kingdom's treasury was open and there was nothing inside. There were some valuable things in the palace, but they were difficult to move. They were intercepted in one part and came back.

A large amount of property was found on the people, and after asking about it, they found out that the young emperor of the Jin Kingdom had actually distributed the entire country's wealth to the people.

Is this a madman or a saint?

Temujin was extremely angry. He sent troops to pursue the emperor of the Jin Kingdom in two directions, one was going to Kaifeng Mansion and the other was going to Chang'an City. And our Emperor always did not take the unusual path. Back then, the Jin Dynasty

The crown prince Wanyan Hongyu sent countless troops but failed to capture Yang Kang, especially Temujin.
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