The Han army recaptured the Shandong Peninsula with lightning speed. The remnants of King Yan's army descended upon the wind, and the people ate pots of wine to welcome the king's army.
Shandong was restored, but the main culprit, King Yan, fled to Goryeo. The Han army was not used to water warfare and could only look at the ocean and sigh. It was winter at this time and the sea wind was so strong that even recruiting civilian ships to fight across the sea was untimely.
Yuan Feng ordered that while he was preparing his horses and strengthening his troops, he took advantage of the wind and snow to rest and reorganize his army, while at the same time he was cutting down trees and building ships to build momentum and prepare for an expedition to Goryeo across the sea in the beginning of spring.
Goryeo was originally a small country. Although its people were strong and its soldiers were tenacious, its territory was small and it was difficult to resist the military might of the Celestial Empire. If the Han army launched an attack immediately, perhaps the King of Goryeo would still be able to fight and defend his country. However, the Han army could only
They made an offensive posture but did not actually cross the sea to fight, which gave the Goryeo court room to make a choice.
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Koryo Royal Palace.
The gray walls and black tiles, the short entrance hall, are not much different from the houses of big landowners in the Central Plains. King Yan was pacing back and forth outside the palace gate, irritated and annoyed. The Goryeo official who was responsible for the reception was also embarrassed. The King of Goryeo actually wanted him
Waiting at the palace gate, you must know that in the past, when the envoys of the Zhou Dynasty came to Koryo, the King of Koryo would personally kneel to receive them. Now, the down-and-out phoenix is worse than a chicken, and he is actually going to be a bench for the Koryo people.
After waiting for a long time, a deputy minister finally came out to deal with King Yan, saying that the King of Goryeo had caught a cold and it was inconvenient to see guests, so King Yan immediately walked away.
Back at Guanyi, it was deserted, the kang was cold, the food was cold, and there was not even wine or meat. There were just jars of spicy cabbage for King Yan and his party to eat. This kimchi was okay for one meal every now and then.
It makes you sick after eating it. The guards of King Yeon are used to being arrogant and have never experienced such idleness. They all clamored to attack Gyeongbokgung Palace and cut off the head of King Goryeo.
The Goryeo officials in charge of the reception were all proficient in Chinese. When they heard this, they remained calm and privately sent someone to report to the court.
That night, King Yan wore a helmet, a sword on his waist, and a spear in his hand. After crossing the sea, all his horses were lost, and the three hundred guards could only fight on foot. However, their combat effectiveness was still good, and it was not a problem to attack the landlord's mansion of King Goryeo.
Failure or failure, Zhang Chengkun has always dared to make big bets. He had already anticipated that the King of Korea might be unfavorable to him, so he might as well strike first, kill the King of Korea, disrupt the Kingdom of Korea, and occupy this place as a base for the revival of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
Can you save your life? Tonight, the moon is dark and the wind is high outside, and three hundred warriors in the post are taking oaths. King Yan picked up a bowl of poor Korean liquor and drank it all in one gulp: "Brothers, do it!"
There was a crackling sound, and the soldiers also drank the white wine one after another, smashed the bowls, and were about to take action when suddenly a fire broke out outside. A large group of Korean soldiers had surrounded the post. The soldiers stared with blood-red eyes and waved their weapons to attack.
Come on, they have no home, and even if they die, they still have to support them.
What greeted this group of warriors were locust-like feather arrows. The King of Goryeo mobilized all the elite forces in the city, and thousands of archers shot together. King Yan's guards suffered heavy casualties, but they still rushed in front of the archers and wielded their swords fiercely.
cut.
The three hundred warriors who vowed to return home killed at least three times the number of Goryeo soldiers, but they still could not escape defeat. When there were only a dozen guards left around King Yan, the Goryeo soldiers were still densely surrounded outside.
The three-pronged fork shone coldly like a forest, and the small hats with Korean characteristics were gathered together. The disheveled King Yan held a sword, smiled sadly, and said to the guard: "I don't want to die in the hands of the Koreans, please help me make a break."
." After saying that, he pulled his neck and killed him.
The guard, whose face was also stained with blood, nodded and said: "My lord, I will see you off at the end!"
The steel knife struck down, and Lao Gao's blood spurted out. King Yan's body actually remained standing.
The guards also committed suicide one after another, and a group of hard-blooded men fell together. After a long time, the Korean soldiers stepped forward carefully and cut off King Yan's head. Then they raised their hands and shouted: "Mansai!" Pieces of cakes were spread.
His face was filled with joy of victory.
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Three days later, in Laizhou Mansion, King Yan's head was put in a brocade box and placed on the desk of King Han. It was winter, and Zhang Chengkun's face was still lifelike.
Yuan Feng once had a relationship with King Yan, and he was quite impressed by this opponent who did everything he could. Unexpectedly, when they met again, they would face a bloodless human head.
King Yan was defeated and died, and he was also called the hero of his generation. Yuan Feng closed the brocade box and asked, "Where is the Korean envoy?"
The servant said: "Still waiting for orders."
Yuan Feng said: "Ask him, who gave them the power of the Koreans to kill Zhang Chengkun. Even if the Great Zhou Dynasty collapsed, the country would still be in power, and it would not be the turn of the Koreans to take action."
The subordinate said with a bitter face: "The Koreans offered Zhang Chengkun class as a show of goodwill. My lord reprimanded me like this, I'm afraid it will arouse their hostility."
Yuan Feng said: "Sooner or later, this battle will have to be fought. If we don't fight them, sooner or later, these guys with small eyes and big faces will claim that Confucius is theirs and the Dragon Boat Festival is also theirs."
His subordinates were stunned, but Yuan Feng smiled calmly: "This is from the Iron Age. If you haven't read it, you won't understand it."
Log on to 6 together to support the genuine Wulin Empire. The second prince has been destroyed and the war in Shandong has come to an end. The only thing that has not been eradicated now is the fourth prince and Fu Youde's tribe entrenched in Shanxi.
Shanxi is sandwiched between the Taihang Mountains and the Luliang Mountains. The terrain is difficult and easy to defend but difficult to attack. Datong is an important pass and an important place for exchanges, so it is extremely prosperous. The Jinzhong Plain can also produce grains, making it self-sufficient and abundant in food and clothing.
Fu Youde was the founding general of the Great Zhou Dynasty. He was on the same level as Lu Zhen Lanyu and others. He had the title of hereditary marquis. He ruled Datong forever for generations. He had 50,000 soldiers under his command, all of whom were elite soldiers in hundreds of battles.
Shanxi had money, food and soldiers, well-organized passes, and a complete Great Wall. The Mongols repeatedly raided the grass valleys and went south, but they always encountered bruises here, so they could only choose the relatively weak Yanjing front line to start. Fu Youde's ability can be seen.
The Central Plains was in chaos, but Shanxi was a pure land. Even at the beginning of the chaos, when the emperor ordered Fu Youde to send troops south to crusade the rebels, he pretended to be deaf and dumb, saying that the Mongols were pressing down on the country and it was not convenient to send troops. This attitude and
With considerable strength, it was possible to protect the people of Shanxi from being massacred by war.
Later, the second prince turned the switch on and lured the wolf into the house, and the fourth prince ran to Datong at night and defected to Fu Youde. Regarding this hot potato, Fu Youde had no choice whether to take it or not. After much thought, he took it temporarily.
The Han army expanded, he fought two battles with the imperial court in the Central Plains, he drove the Mongolian Tatars north, marched south to the Yangtze River, and pacified the south of the Yangtze River. Fu Youde saw all this, but after all, his news was delayed, so his countermeasures were inevitably biased.
After the fall of the capital, the great scholar Yang Feng took the emperor's edict and the imperial seal, and under the protection of Wen Hai, the commander of the Jinyi Guards, they traveled to Shanxi and went to work for the fourth prince. Since then, the fourth prince also had a little team of his own.
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Fu Youde and his generals discussed again and again, but finally made a misjudgment because of Yang Feng's eloquent words. He believed that the Han army's victory in the world was purely accidental. The four princes had the late emperor's edict and the imperial seal passed down, and they were virtuous and benevolent people.
He waved, and all the soldiers of the homeland responded one after another. If they support him as emperor now, they will have the power of following the dragon in the future. A hereditary king with a different surname cannot escape.
More importantly, Fu Youde himself also had other thoughts: What Cao Cao can do, I can't do.
In the last years of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the fourth prince was crowned emperor by ministers in Taiyuan, Shanxi, and was named Shuntian.
Shanxi's troops are well-prepared and believe they have the capital to fight the Han army. Although they may not have the strength to compete in the Central Plains in the short term, at least they can protect themselves. Mountainous areas are not suitable for cavalry charges. As long as they guard a few passes, they can sit back and relax.
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This winter has been extremely cold. The mountain roads are rugged and the gates have been closed due to heavy snow. A thick layer of snow has accumulated on the palace in Taiyuan Prefecture. Several eunuchs in bloated clothes were cleaning the snow at the gate, and their faces were all frozen.
red.
When the new emperor came to the throne, Fu Youde specially found some men who voluntarily sold themselves into the palace, castrated them and served as eunuchs. He also found a dozen beautiful Datong girls for Zhang Chengping to enrich the harem.
The palace was built temporarily and was not large in scale, but its shape completely imitated the Forbidden City in the capital, but it was scaled down. It was still red walls and yellow tiles, and it was magnificent. The emperor was simple and did not like luxury, so the cost of building this palace was not high.
It's not that big, it's even shabbier than the average big house of Shanxi merchants.
Zhang Chengping, the fourth prince in the past, and Emperor Shuntian of the Great Zhou Dynasty today, his young face is full of vicissitudes of life, and he has two beards on his upper lip. He looks much more mature than before. He is sitting in the imperial study, looking through the window lattice inlaid
Looking at the clear tiles and the white snow outside, my heart goes up and down.
He left Yanjing alone and crossed the mountains to Shanxi. Fu originally thought that Fu Youde was an old general who was loyal to the emperor and loved the people. When he heard the news about the Mongolian army entering the pass, he would send troops eastward to save the people from the fire. Who knew that Fu Youde
He actually stood still and persuaded himself to be patient and patient.
Everyone talks about benevolence, righteousness and morality, but in fact they all have evil intentions, including Wen Hai and Yang Feng who came from behind. They may not have used him as the emperor as a cover to act as a powerful minister or Cao Cao.
But this is not the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and I am not Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty!
The conflict between Yang Feng Group and Fu Youde Group can be exploited. Just like his father, he balances the power of his subordinates and maximizes his own interests. However, fighting against these people, Cheng Ping still feels that he is unable to do what he wants. After all, he is not as good as his father.
The way is high.
The most important thing at the moment is to seize soldiers and power, but the soldiers and horses in Shanxi are all under the command of Fu Youde. A needle cannot penetrate and water cannot pour. I want to raise money to recruit soldiers and horses to build my own guard, but where can I get the money?
When I was at my wits' end, there was a knock on the door of the imperial study room, and a little red face stuck out: "Your Majesty, I have your letter."
This young eunuch used to work as an errand in the imperial palace of the capital, and later fled back to his hometown in Shanxi during the emperor's rebellion. Now Emperor Shuntian's palace was looking for eunuchs, and he was the first to sign up.
In Shanxi, it is not easy to find a eunuch who has worked as a servant in the imperial palace, so this young eunuch named Yufeng was reused and became the emperor's personal servant.
"Yufeng, where did the letter come from?" Chengping asked.
"Your Majesty, this is a letter from an old acquaintance of yours. You can tell by looking at it." Yufeng smiled slyly.