1144 Falling Night
Under the night in Yanjing City, two carriages slowly drove out from Chongxiao Temple surrounded by soldiers holding torches, and walked along the long palace walls, thus reaching the Xuanyang Gate of the Jin Dynasty Imperial Palace.
Entering from Xuanyang Gate, the long passage seemed a little dark. The six ministries and other government offices in the palace wall on the east were now covered by thick night, while the Taimiao and other places on the west were brightly lit at this time.
The carriage stopped in front of Yingtian Gate, who had actually entered the palace, and Qi Shilie's Gods Slave and Wanyan Shoudao slowly walked down from the carriage. Although the Yingtian Gate was still brightly lit, there were only a few maids and eunuchs left in the entire palace. The entire Yingtian Gate seemed particularly deserted, and even under the cover of the night, it seemed a little lonely and tragic at this moment.
The god slaves of Qi Shilie turned around and looked at Xuanyang Gate behind him. And along Xuanyang Gate, they were Fengyi Gate, Jingfeng Gate, and Duanli Gate, which were out of the south gate. Outside the three city gates, there were tens of thousands of troops of the Song people. Tomorrow, they would attack the entire Yanjing City at the time of Mao.
You could vaguely see the torches on the city wall wandering, still patrolling the entire city wall around Yanjing City. Wanyan Shoudao's eyes slowly moved from far to near, and finally fell on the body of the slaves of Qi Shilie.
The atmosphere between the two was a little depressed, and their hearts were also extremely heavy. The generals in the city had gathered in the Taimiao, and they were now waiting for their choice. Whether to abandon the city and surrender or not to stick to it, the right to choose now fell on the two of them.
"The palace is... empty." Wanyan Shoudao sighed in emotion toward the cold wind.
The gods of Qi Shilie nodded silently. Even though the current emperor Wanyan Jing has already led the army to fight in person, the majesty that the palace should have is still there. Even in this situation, they still have great respect for the palace in front of them.
Of course, it is enough to prove that the emperor had obviously decided to give up the entire Yanjing when Wanyan Jing left the palace and commanded the imperial army.
"Abandon Yanjing and surrender to the Song people, and rush to the emperor to help the emperor. Perhaps the emperor will punish us if we resist the order at that time." The slaves of the gods of Qishilie looked up at the quiet night sky. It was unexpected that the Great Jin Kingdom had reached such a down-and-out situation today. Even now, he still didn't understand why the Great Jin Kingdom suddenly came to this level step by step.
"You must believe Ye Qing's words. The Mongols are fierce and violent, and have had a deep hatred with our Great Jin Kingdom for many years. Although there are countless powerful generals under the command of the emperor now,... the rebellion of the Khitan Liao people even threatens my Great Jin foundation even more than the Mongols at this moment. The Five Capitals Roads are the foundation of my Great Jin Kingdom and cannot be lost. With the Five Capitals Roads in hand, it is just like the Song people often say: If you keep the green mountains and don't worry about burning firewood." Wanyan Shoudao also sighed in his heart.
Seeing all this in front of me, I will be taken over by the Song people tomorrow. At this time, the feeling in my heart is naturally mixed, full of deep helplessness and emotion.
The two of them have now decided to abandon the city and surrender. It is not because they are afraid of the Song people, but because of Ye Qing's words that they have to think about the safety of the current emperor of Ruth in Zhongjing.
Ye Qing was willing to let them go, and even prepared enough war horses for them. Although Ye Qing was definitely not a good intention, for them, they no longer had to worry about what ulterior motives were behind Ye Qing's move.
"I really want to burn all this in front of me and leave it to the ruins of the Song people." The slaves of the gods Qi Shilie were unwilling to accept that the imperial court moved the capital from Shangjing to this day, and after years of construction, although Yanjing is not as good as the prosperous cities of Lin'an of the Song court, it has finally poured a lot of the efforts of the Jin people.
"It is easy to destroy a city, but what should the people do?" Wanyan Shoudao sighed helplessly.
Qi Shilie's god slaves sighed. After Niangzi Pass was defeated, the Song people massacred the Jin people now, and even knew that if Yelu Yue had not stopped Yelu Yixue, the Song people would have massacred more of their soldiers.
If I really burned the Yanjing City now, I am afraid that the people here will suffer, especially those Jin people who migrated here with the court, who will naturally be the first to be the target of the Song people venting their anger.
There are thirteen city gates in Yanjing City, three in the east, west and south, but there are only four city gates on the back of the palace. Now the Jin people guarding the city wall, as Wanyan Shoudao and Qi Shilie's gods slaves have chosen to abandon the city and surrender, the city gate on the east naturally became the top priority for their investigation.
Whether there are large army of the Song people outside, and whether there are any Song people who will ambush the road they pass by, has become a problem that Qi Shilie's Gods slaves and Wanyan Shoudao must be careful.
The spies at the city gate would report to the two of them from time to time the situation outside the East City Gate. Now some spies have begun to drive out of the city gate and explored whether there were any ambushers from the Song people on the way from Xuanyao Gate to Jizhou in the night.
Wanyan Shoudao and Qi Shilie's gods slaves in the city were completely unscathed. How to appease the defending generals who were defending the city was what they were going to do now, including all kinds of matters when leaving Yanjing early tomorrow morning.
Similarly, Ye Qing outside the city did not feel much sleepy. Ye Qing had informed Yelu Yue of the matter that Yelu Yixue was about to go to Yuguan. Yelu Yue did not show any opinion on this, as if Yelu Yixue was no longer her person, but had completely become a general under Ye Qing.
"Dong Chao went to Xijing Road since Tanzhou. Although he didn't have much suspicion outside the pass, he could also detect some of the war between Wanyan Jing and Temujin." Ye Qing looked at the map in front of him. Because Yanjing City was right in front of him, he still felt sleepy at all.
Just like a person is about to get something he has coveted for a long time, Ye Qing's mood is still full of unbearable excitement and excitement. Taking Yanjing is of great significance to him, and the degree of success makes him a little unbelievable, and it is even as unreal as a dream.
Yelu Yue next to him came over, looked at Ye Qing's mark on the map, and said softly: "Are you still worried that Wanyan Jing will lose to Temujin?"
"I'm not worried about his defeat, I'm worried that Temujin wants to capture him. Judging from Wanyan Jing's character and his decisiveness when he left Yanjing, Wanyan Jing has made up his mind to live and die with Jin. If he loses, he may still believe that he can turn the tide and may still have a glimmer of hope in his heart, but if he is captured by Temujin, I'm worried that Wanyan Jing will not accept the reality that Jin will be destroyed in his hands." Ye Qing said with some worries.
Yelu Yue's eyes wandered on the map. The six places in Yuguan, Jizhou, Tanzhou, Ruzhou, Wuzhou and Yunzhou were specially marked by Ye Qing. If the six places are connected into a line, you will find that these six places are like the first line of defense in the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, and are all built on the broken Great Walls.
"You don't want to save Wanyan Jing, do you?" Yelu Yue asked, looking at Ye Qing, who was thin and frowned, with her brows raised.
Ye Qing was slightly stunned, looked at Yelu Yue and smiled: "Why do you think so?"
"Feeling." Yelu Yue turned her gaze back to the map: "As expected, tomorrow morning, the gods slaves of Shilie and Wanyan Shoudao will surrender from Xuanyao Gate, and then head to Zhongjing Road in the direction of Jizhou. Since you have already taken down the two states of Tanzhou and Ruzhou, you will naturally not let them approach Zhongjing Road Dading Prefecture from here, but... you can set out from Tanzhou and go directly to Xijing Road."
"Maybe." Ye Qing sighed and looked up at the top of the tent. Now he had no idea whether to save Wanyan Jing, because if he rushed to help Wanyan Jing, it would be like starting a head-on conflict with Temujin.
He didn't know if Temujin would immediately retaliate against him once he participated.
In the Dading Prefecture, five hundred miles away, King Wei Shao Wanyan Yongji was always guilty of the rebellion of the Khitan Liao people. He always believed that it was inseparable from the two-family plus one household strategy he suggested. This was why, at the first time when the Khitan Liao people rebelled, he immediately rushed to Zhongjing Road to assess the rebellion.
Now, whether it is Dijier, Jisizhong, Dushu and others, they have won the rebellion, and have even been able to oppress the Khitan Liao people at one time without any power to fight back, and can only retreat step by step.
With Wanyan Chengyu and Wanyan Silie repairing in Dading Prefecture, the current Jin people's aura is getting stronger day by day, and according to the current situation, it is not impossible to quell the rebellion in a short period of time.
So at this critical moment, and now Wanyan Jing is already in charge of Zhongjing, Wanyan Yongji feels that he should do something, instead of staying in Dading Mansion and never going anywhere.
Li Shi'er personally brought hot soup to Wanyan Jing, looked at the queen who looked at him at the moment, and smiled slightly and said, "What's wrong with the queen?"
Li Shi'er was hesitant and wanted to speak but stopped. This was not her idea. But now, after Wanyan Jing came to Dading Prefecture, various armies won the rebels in a row, and Dijier and other generals presented their military achievements to Wanyan Jing every day.
This made some ministers in the court begin to be jealous of the military achievements of Hongdijier and others, and even thought that the brothers of Yelu Liu were just like this, and even if they led their troops to suppress them, they could defeat the army under Yelu Liuge and make some military achievements.
There are many people in the court who have such ideas, but now Wanyan Jing has sent all the troops to the battlefield. Only Wanyan Chengyu and Wanyan Silie's two newly-retired troops can be coveted by others.
But because of the surname Wanyan, others had to be discouraged, but this did not stop the two younger brothers of the queen, who had always been the most favored by the emperor, from fighting these two troops, including Wanyan Yongji, who had arrived outside Wanyan Jingyu's study at this time.
King Wei Shao, Wanyan Yongji, signaled that the eunuch not to have to go to the ground, and then he heard Li Shi'er's voice coming from inside. Under the begging of Li Xier and Li Tiege, the helpless queen Li Shier had to bite the bullet and express to Wanyan Jing tactfully that her two brothers also wanted the army to quell the rebellion.
However, the queen is the queen after all. Even though her two brothers made every request, after arriving at Li Shi'er, the request of the two brothers to control a large army alone to suppress the rebellion became a hope that they could follow Wanyan Chengyu or Wanyan Silie's command to serve their loyalty to the emperor and relieve their worries.
Wang Wanyan Yongji, who was outside the imperial study, couldn't help but feel relieved when he heard the words of Queen Li Shi'er. It seemed that the queen was still very conscious and did not completely beg the emperor from the perspective of winning credit for her two brothers.
Under the eunuch's eunuch, King Wu Shao Wanyan Yongji quickly walked into the imperial study room, saluted Wanyan Jing and Queen Li Shier, and then sat down next to him and said directly: "I am here tonight to ask the emperor to make meritorious service..."
"Why should the emperor's uncle be so harsh? The brothers of Yelu Liu rebelled were not because of the fault of the emperor's uncle. It was because I was not careful about the employment and trusted the two brothers of Yelu Liu too much, which caused the situation today." With the victory of various armies, Wanyan Jing's expression seemed much easier than when he first arrived at Dading Mansion.
Although internal and external troubles have not been completely resolved, since he arrived at Dading Prefecture, at least with the success of the army, he has made a good start and has also seen a glimmer of hope for everyone.
Similarly, Wanyan Jing became more confident than before, and believed that in less than a month, he could completely quell the rebellion in front of him and stabilize the Five Capital Road again.
"Master, I know that I have neglected my duty. If I had not proposed the strategy of adding one household to those two households, I would not have let Yelu Liuge's thief cause trouble. Therefore, I ask the priest to be approved and allow me to... whether it is following General Wanyan Chengyu or General Wanyan Silie, I will go to war together to eliminate all rebellions as the priest." Wanyan Yongji stood up and saluted Wanyan Jing.
Yu Guang unconsciously glanced at the queen Li Shi'er beside him. When Li Shi'er saw Wanyan Yongji's gaze at her, his heart suddenly became clear. The words he had just asked for, were obviously heard by King Wei Shao's words.
"Why must the emperor take risks? Now that all the troops have won consecutive battles and their morale is in full swing, it is believed that the rebellion can be completely quelled in less than a few days. There is no sight on the battlefield. If the emperor suffers grievances, I will be uneasy..." Wanyan Jing stood up and helped Wanyan Yongji up, and said in a sincere tone.
Wanyan Jing has always had great trust in Wei Shao Wang Wanyan Yongji, so he never blamed Wanyan Yongji at all. Even when Wanyan Yongji went to Zhongjing Road as soon as possible, he did not agree very much.
But it was also in order to relieve Wanyan Yongji's guilt, so he reluctantly agreed to let Wanyan Yongji come to Zhongjing Road, but he would never allow him to go to the battlefield in person.
Now that the army has won consecutive battles, if Wanyan Yongji is allowed to follow the army to go to the real battlefield, Wanyan Jing naturally feels very reluctant to take risks in his heart, let alone there is no need to take risks again.
Wanyan Yongji insisted on his own opinion at this time, because with the successive victory of the army and Wanyan Jing's personal command, the guilt in his heart increased a lot. In addition, the officials in the court are now talking privately, and all the spearheads are almost pointing at himself. Therefore, whether Wanyan Yongji is for his position and prestige in the court in the future, or hoping to eliminate other officials' discussions about him, he has to take this opportunity to excuse himself.
"Master, I feel guilty..." Wanyan Yongji continued to ask.
Wanyan Jing sighed repeatedly. He had not yet decided what the queen asked for her two brothers. Now, coupled with Wanyan Yongji's self-recommendation, Wanyan Jing was a little embarrassed for a while.
At this moment, rapid footsteps sounded outside. As the eunuch presented the memorial to Wanyan Jing in panic, Wanyan Yongji and Queen Li Shier's faces became solemn involuntarily.
If there is a good news on the battlefield, Wanyan Jing will never be disturbed late at night when the army is winning continuously, unless the war ahead occurs...
Chapter completed!