In the distance, faint clouds hang in the high sky, and a few rows of wild geese fly south.
Climbing high and looking far into the distance, the mountains and rivers in the northwest will open your mind.
The west wind blows, the grass and trees everywhere are sloping, and in Xingzhou City at the foot of the mountain, smoke is curling up.
From then on, the river branched off, like two white lines hanging on the ground.
On the edge of the cliff, Song Jiang put his hands behind his back and said in a high voice:
"Climbing high to look back on the ancient past, each step is like a cloud. I carry the autumn colors to say goodbye to the autumn geese, and revisit my old place to remember my old friends."
In the pavilion on the top of the mountain, Yang Lin laughed loudly and said: "We have so many friends during the Gongming Dynasty. Are there any of your old friends in the northwest? I think you are just complaining about your new poems."
Song Jiang turned around, walked slowly into the pavilion, and sighed: "Young Master, this is an injustice to Song Jiang. I was ordered to guard the northwest and made many brothers. Now they are all fighting in the Baiyu River. I heard that there are
Several have already died on the battlefield."
Yang Lin remained silent, this is this era, it is wonderful, but also extremely cruel.
Beauties, heroes, enemies of life and death, alien heroes...
Now that we have reached this point, it is not easy, and we must win the final battle.
Yang Lin took out a scroll and unfolded it in the pavilion. On it was a map of the power distribution of the grassland.
Many of the red marks were marked with a cross. Yang Lin pointed at them and said: "Our people have plowed through the grassland, and many of them have fled to Mobei. The weather there is freezing cold, the wind is strong, and there is no sun.
Without seeing the sun at night, people would freeze into popsicles even if they were outside their tents for a quarter of an hour, so the Uighurs did not continue their pursuit, but pressed forward into Modong."
"I intend to annihilate Hebule in Qingzhong Mountain!"
Song Jiang watched for a long time, his eyes rolled back and forth, and after a while he raised his head and said: "It depends on Wu Jie's people, whether they can bite these Mongolian cavalry. After all, the cavalry comes and goes like the wind on the grassland. Although the Yizhou soldiers are also equipped with Mongolians,
After all, horses are not as familiar with the terrain as they are."
Yang Lin was also a little helpless. The army rushed into the grassland. They said it was a holy war, but in fact they just hung up a sign with the word "sacred" to promote everyone's sainthood.
Yang Lin didn't know whether these hundreds of thousands could become saints, but the killings they caused were indeed not light, although they were nothing compared to the Mongols' subsequent actions.
This world is like this. The more cruel and bloody and inhumane things are, the more "holy" they have to be.
Natural selection, survival of the fittest, and building a powerful country that stands proudly at the top of the world can provide fairness and justice.
Otherwise, our own people at the border will not be able to protect themselves.
He put away the scroll and said: "The stall is too big and I can't control it. But the entire grassland is full of our soldiers. How can we defeat them if they can't control each other? Besides, our people will run away after killing them."
, you can run away even if you can't fight, they are all cavalry, who is afraid of the other. Anyway, the grassland is their home and their lair, and what will be destroyed will always be their foundation."
Song Jiang pondered for a moment, and then said in a deep voice: "It is best to complete the victory in one battle, and then quickly gather the army to attack the Kingdom of Jin. The right way is. If these barbarians are allowed to hold us back, it will be another fierce battle in winter."
Yang Lin stood up and said: "At this point, do you think their mainland is a little empty? I intend to open up another eastern battlefield and completely make them besieged on all sides."
"What battlefield?"
Song Jiang was confused. At this time, the bordering areas were all engaged in fierce fighting. What other battlefields could be opened?
If we talk about naval harassment, it is a drop in the bucket. How many soldiers and horses can the navy transport to other people's beaches? With tens of thousands of infantry, they are unfamiliar with the place, have no basis in the people, and are full of enemies and bandits.
Not only are the Jurchens there not strong enough to defeat them, but the Bohai navy is not bad at all. If we open up this battlefield, it would be equivalent to transporting our own navy to someone else's territory to be slaughtered by others.
Yang Lin looked to the east and said: "Yang Ziqian of Goryeo, thanks to my great kindness, it is time to send troops to the Yalu River to re-capture the nine Jurchen cities."
During the previous war between Liao and Jin, the Koreans took advantage of the situation and sent troops to capture the nine Jurchen cities, greatly expanding their territory.
When the Jurchens defeated Daliao, the Koreans were aware of current affairs and hurriedly sent people to return them.
At that time, the Jurchens were so anxious to go south to compete with the Song Dynasty that they did not bother to deal with this little neighbor and sent people to take back the land. It was all over.
Aguda also generously rewarded the King of Goryeo with an edict, re-canonizing their king as the King of Goryeo.
Goryeo, Kaicheng, Yang Ziqian's daughter, now the Queen Mother of Shunde, kneels in front of her son's palace.
Goryeo believed in Confucianism, and mothers knelt down to their sons. Even though they were the rulers of the country, they were so frightened that they knelt in front of their mothers, unable to afford each other.
Yang slapped the ground, with tears rolling down her face, and cried bitterly: "Since I entered the palace, I wish to give birth to a prince and a saint. I pray to heaven for eternal life and to be there for you. The ghosts and gods of heaven and earth will recognize my sincerity and do not want to betray my traitors today.
We want to harm our flesh and blood! When Yin Guan started the rebellion, if it hadn't been for the Duke of Korea, our mother and son would have died in the palace. Even if the king doesn't care about the feelings of flesh and blood, he shouldn't forget this kindness."
The king of the country, Wang Kai, wore a silk scarf under his crown, with a beard as black as ink at the corners of his lips. He was wearing a black black suit, with wide sleeves hanging down to his feet, but tight arrow sleeves underneath.
Goryeo had been a vassal state of Daliao for a long time, and the kings and nobles in the country all wore a mixture of Hu and Han styles.
Wang Kai's hands in his sleeves were pinched so hard that they were bleeding, and he felt even more hatred in his heart. It was obvious that this was all the idea of his grandfather, the powerful minister Yang Ziqian.
But seeing his mother kneeling on the ground crying to him made Wang Kai look ugly and speechless. No matter what, if this was recorded by the official, his reputation as unfilial would definitely be infamy for thousands of years.
He cried and said: "Mother, please get up quickly, otherwise my son will have to crash to death on the ground."
After saying this, she touched her forehead to the ground. Queen Mother Shunde stood up and held him in her arms. Mother and son cried bitterly.
The Queen Mother of Shunde only thought that her son felt sorry for her, but she didn't know that in Wang Kai's heart, she wanted to kill both her and her father.
This father and daughter not only killed their father, but also forced themselves into such an embarrassing situation.
In the arms of his mother, he cursed viciously in his heart: This vicious woman, sooner or later, I will avenge my father.
In today's Goryeo, the power is monopolized by Yang Ziqian. He was awarded the title of Grand Duke of Korea, not to mention the official title of the Grand Master who helped to stabilize the society.
It can be said that no matter whether it is actual power or title, it is impossible to seal it.
At the end of summer this year, Yang Ziqian used Han Anren, Wen Gongmei and others to plot to support Prince Fang, purged a group of opponents, and went on a killing spree in Goryeo.
In the small city of Kaicheng, hundreds of heads hang in the bustling city. Three of the thirteen upper-class families in Goryeo were uprooted by him.
Even if he touches the family, he is still alive and kicking. Yang Ziqian can be said to be the first person since the founding of Goryeo.
What he relied on was not his own power in Goryeo, but the Song Dynasty behind it.
Although the whole country of Goryeo, from his grandson Wang Kai, the King of Goryeo, to all the ministers, wanted to cut him into pieces, no one dared to take action.
The scene in which the navy of the Song Dynasty sent tens of thousands of people around Kaicheng at every turn gave them too much shock. Once they cooperated with Yang Ziqian, no one in the little Goryeo could stop them.
Yang Ziqian's "autocratic national destiny" dominated the power of Goryeo, and even his family was promoted to heaven.
Some time ago, Jin Incun, an old minister of Goryeo, knelt down and cried to the king, saying that he was "the princes fighting over the house, stretching across the streets, the flames are getting stronger and stronger, bribes are given to the public, gifts from all directions are collected, and the carrion is always tens of thousands of pounds"
, seizing people's land and fields by force, allowing their servants to plunder their carriages and horses and lose their own property. The common people destroyed their carriages and sold their cattle and horses, and the roads became noisy."
Wang Kai took the opportunity to take back his power, but Yang Ziqian made such a move and asked his daughter, the Queen Mother Shunde, to kneel down to her son. This was extremely damaged.
In an elegantly decorated study room in Yang Ziqian's house, the old thief was very proud and not worried at all.
They were all his people inside and outside Kaicheng. Even if the king disobeyed, nothing could be done to him.
There are several little maids standing around, all of them are well-behaved and docile girls. In Goryeo, where the powerful families control the world, if the daughter of an ordinary family is outstandingly beautiful, she will definitely not escape the end of being a slave.
These Korean girls from poor families were often docile and could completely comply with their master's wishes without any training. Therefore, in the Tang Dynasty, nobles liked to take Korean maids with them.
Yang Ziqian was sitting on a futon, with his two sons sitting underneath. The three of them were laughing very arrogantly.
Yang Ziqian waved his hand, and the maids in the room bent down and backed away, leaving only the father and son.
Standing up, Yang Ziqian said with a smile: "The prophecy of 'Twelve dragons and eighteen sons' has always been spread in our country in Goryeo. Do you know what it means?"
The two sons shook their heads together, and Yang Ziqian felt a little unhappy. He had been smart since he was a child, and had both civil and military skills, but the children he gave birth to were all stupid.
His eyes narrowed and he said: "Twelve together, it is the character "王", which means that the Wang dynasty will change hands sooner or later, and the eighteen sons together, it is the character "李"! This means that sooner or later, this country of Goryeo will fall into our hands."
The eldest son, Yang Zhichang, looked confused and asked: "Father, isn't our surname Yang?"
Yang Ziqian's old face turned red, he was ashamed and angry, and he cursed: "Idiot, get out of here, get out of here!"
The two sons came out dejected, both confused as to why their father was so moody.
Yang Ziqian put his hands behind his back, his eyes flashed, and murmured: "The Jin family has tried to harm me many times, how can I allow you to survive for a long time!"
"Come here, go to Tuofu and invite Wei Weiqing."
Wei Weiqing is a military attache position in Goryeo, held by Tuo Junjing of Gushan Tuo clan. This person was originally a subordinate of Yin Guan, but was bribed by Yang Ziqian.
Tuo Junjing was a stupid young man. When he was young, he hung out with rogues and made friends with a group of thugs. However, he fought bravely and was very brave. He once rode a horse into the Jurchen formation and killed three people in the Jurchen army, which was not like human beings.
So he was reused by Yin Guan.
It seems that this kind of military commander is very rare in Goryeo. For so many years, there is only this one, just like Lu Bu in the novel.
Who knew that he would later be bribed by Yang Ziqian and give Yin Guan the final blow, and he would rise to prominence from then on.
Yang Ziqian also asked his second son to marry his daughter, and the two families became in-laws. He was a big helper to Yang Ziqian.
In later history, after Li Ziqian's rebellion, he became even more powerful. Wang Kai, the leader of the country, bribed him and asked him to rebel again and remove Li Ziqian from power. However, Tuo Junjing himself was also exiled by Wang Kai, who hated him deeply.
Went to Iwataka Island to go fishing.
After a while, Tuo Junjing and his people rushed to the Yang Mansion.
Yang Ziqian welcomed him out, held a banquet in his house, and asked the most handsome maid in the house to accompany him.
Sex becomes more intoxicating when paired with wine. After three rounds of wine, Yang Ziqian whispered: "Wei Weiqing, do you know why I invited you here?"
"I don't know." Tuo Junjing said with a smile.
"This is the last time we get together to drink together." Yang Ziqian looked sad and said, "We will die without a burial place."
Tuo Junjing was shocked, put down the girl in his arms, and said: "My lord, why do you say this?"
Yang Ziqian sighed and said: "Previously, my daughter told me that the chamberlain was waiting for Jin Can, the chamberlain was recording affairs An Fulin, the minister of the privy council was Zhi Luyan, the generals Cui Zhuo and Wu Zhuo, the general Quan Xiu,
General Gao Shuo and others have successfully seduced Your Majesty and want to take action against you and me..."
"Our bodies and heads will be separated only for a moment, why not enjoy ourselves in the moment?"
After saying that, he squeezed the woman in his arms hard. The girl endured the pain and did not dare to scream.
Tuo Junjing threw the wine glass down and cursed: "Why should the Duke be downcast? I regard these people as chickens and dogs."
"If you can kill them, we will have peace of mind. I will recommend to Your Majesty that you be appointed to the Privy Council as Minister of Civil Affairs and Tongzhi."
“It’s a deal!”
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In front of the Goryeo Palace, dead bodies were everywhere.
Tuo Junjing rode under the palace, holding a gun and shouting: "Let the traitors Zhiluyan and Quanxiu come out and die!"
No one on the city wall dared to speak. After a while, everyone came up surrounded by the king, Wang Kai, who had just finished crying.
Wang Kai stood on a high place, waved away the guards around him, and said loudly: "Tuoqing family, do you want to plot regicide and kill me?"
Tuo Junjing quickly dismounted, knelt on one knee and said: "Your Majesty, don't panic, I am here to eliminate the rebellious ministers and ensure your Majesty's safety."
Wang Kai was so nervous that he was sweating profusely. When the wind blew him, he became more energetic.
He breathed a long sigh of relief and said loudly: "Since you are not plotting rebellion and still recognize me as the king, I now give an order that you quickly disband the army and leave the royal city. I promise to forget the past."
Tuo Junjing stood up and said: "Your Majesty was held hostage by a traitor. This is what the traitor forced your Majesty to say. Everyone, follow me and fight in to rescue your Majesty!"
After saying that, he waved his spear in his hand and everyone attacked the royal city again. Wang Kai was so angry that he was shaking all over and was helped out of this dangerous place.
General Quanxiu knelt down and cried: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I will definitely defend the royal city and prevent this beast from attacking."
The royal city of Goryeo was constantly being reinforced and repaired because it was constantly facing the threat of Jurchens.
These people could not attack for a long time. Tuo Junjing became angry and ordered the royal city to be set on fire.
Suddenly, smoke billowed from Kaicheng, and Wang Kai fled to Shanhuting under the escort of more than a dozen attendants.