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Volume 1: Saving the Three Thousand Beauties in the Harem Chapter 435: The Chaos of National Subjugation

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    (This year has finally come to an end, and I have received ¡°red envelopes¡± from Da Meng and many book friends. Shishiro is extremely grateful!)

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    The snow in early winter has laid a thin layer of silver on the ground on both sides of the Hutong River, and the rich smell of blood in the sky above Beijing has also been cleaned and diluted.

    Thousands of conscripts were braving the wind and snow, clearing the ruins, digging up corpses, and filling fire trenches.  From time to time, steaming smoke emerged from the charred and fluffy soil. Before it became a smoke column, it was blown away by the cold wind.  The snowflakes fell on these steaming lands and melted away instantly.

    On October 16th, the Jin envoys withdrew from holding Yu, who was carrying the country's leader Wu Qimai. Under the escort and supervision of four Tianzhu cavalry, they went to Zhaozhou, a hundred miles away, and urged the defender Aru to reinforce the Northern Expedition Army that was besieging the city.  Qu Duan, deputy commander and commander-in-chief of Qin Fengjun, surrendered.

    On the same day, the First Reorganized Division and the Bohai Division of the Tianzhu Army that besieged Shangjing officially entered the inner city of Shangjing and took over the defense of the four gates and eight walls.  The Second Integrated Division and the Fourth Integrated Division's 10th and 12th Brigades are still stationed in the ring village, firmly trapping Shangjing City, ensuring that in the chaotic situation, no one, no matter human or animal, can escape from Shangjing City without approval.

    Nearly 20,000 Jin troops who went to Beijing put down their weapons, were escorted out of the city, and imprisoned in the tents vacated by the divisions and brigades entering the city in Huanyuanzhai.  Then a wooden fence was added to form a temporary prisoner of war center.  Of course, these prisoners of war could not rest. They had to go back and forth between the Shangjing Palace and Huanyuanzhai every day, transporting out all the countless gold and silver treasures, books, honors, cattle, horses, camels, and food and fodder that the Jin Kingdom had looted from the Liao and Song Dynasties.

    Although the 1,000 Eight-Character Army led by Wang Yan rushed to Shangjing, they still had no chance to participate in the battle. Of course, no one complained.  Witnessing the power of the Tianzhu Army's artillery fire to destroy the heaven and earth, and the ability to defeat the capital in one day, from Wang Yan to the ordinary soldiers of the Eight Character Army, they were not only shocked but also convinced.  The tasks assigned by the Eight-Character Army.  It is to supervise the custody of prisoners of war and transport the wealth and materials from Beijing to Huanxingzhai.  Subsequently, all the supplies were transferred southward directly by 20,000 auxiliary soldiers and servants without being unloaded or the horses unbridled, and were personally escorted by 800 hunters from the Hunter Battalion to Fuzhou - where there were the warships of Zhang Rong's division of Tianbo Division and  A large number of empty cargo ships were waiting to return after receiving aid from the Southern Song Dynasty

    Go all out, within half a month.  That is, before the cold winter of March 9th comes, all the wealth in Beijing will be looted - this is Di Lie's death order.

    After entering November, no matter how much supplies are rushed out, the main force of the army must withdraw to Beijing and end the Northern Expedition.  Return south victoriously.

    Time is tight and the task is heavy.  After the Tianzhu Army occupied Shangjing, they spent all their energy on transporting materials and wealth, controlling the city gates and city defense points, and had no time to care about order in the city.

    The country is about to perish, and people¡¯s hearts are broken.  The capital city has fallen into apocalyptic chaos of swords, burning, killing and looting.

    Shangjing is the capital of the Jin Kingdom. There is no doubt about the status of the Jurchens. Even an ordinary herdsman has a higher status than the Khitan, Bohai, Xi people, Shiwei, Sogdians, Han people and other survivors of the Liao Dynasty.  At this time, it was less than ten years before the demise of the Liao Kingdom.  People's hearts are not convinced and they harbor resentment.  Once the Jurchens were unlucky, the emperor, ministers and generals were all captured, the army was disarmed, and all the soldiers became prisoners of war, the entire Liao remnant in the capital suddenly burst into flames.

    First, a large number of Jurchen civilians were attacked and killed by armed thugs of various ethnic groups.  Then the war spread to the residences of some dignitaries, and finally to the residence of the Jin Kingdom minister If it weren't for a battalion of Tianzhu sergeants guarding the palace, everyone would have been attacked.

    The Jurchen residents who went to Beijing were not vegetarians, so how could they be willing to kill them at the slightest provocation?  They copied the guys one after another and fought back.  The bloodshed became more and more intense.  They had no choice but to go to the capital, so the number of Liao survivors was more than five times that of the Jurchens, and they struck preemptively to bully the few.  In just three days, more than 2,000 Jurchen residents were killed. In the entire Shangjing City, there were no more than 10,000 Jurchen civilians

    Under such a chaotic situation, I am afraid that the Jurchens will be slaughtered before the Tianzhu Army leaves Shangjing.  Wuling Simou, who was temporarily assigned as the vice-chairman of the "Beijing Maintenance Committee" by the Northern Expedition Army Headquarters, immediately went to Huanxingzhai to see His Highness King Hua, intending to request that troops be sent to maintain order in the city.

    But Wuling Simou failed to see King Hua and begged again and again. In exchange, he received a reprimand from Ling Yuan, the chief of staff of the Northern Expedition Army: "What does the Maintenance Committee do? Isn't it responsible for the security of the capital city? As a deputy  The president is unable to perform his duties and instead begs the army, what do you want to do to maintain the association? What do you want to do with you, the vice-president!"

    Wu Ling Simou endured the humiliation and anger and argued: "I am the vice-president, but I don't have any soldiers at hand!"

    Ling Yuan sent Wuling Simou away with just one sentence: "Who said there is no such thing? Yelu Yuzhen has it in his hand. Instead of looking for him, you come to our army. Is such an overstepping of rules the way to work together? If you really don't want to  It¡¯s okay to be the vice-president, Jin State has plenty of people anyway¡­¡±

    &nbsp"Yelu Yujian is the president of the so-called "Shangjing Maintenance Committee". He does have a battalion of Khitan soldiers in his hands, but Wuling Simou is not blind. This group of Khitan soldiers is fine if they don't take advantage of the situation. How can they maintain order?  Let the Khitans capture the Khitans?  You really think about it.

    To be honest, Wu Ling Simou really doesn¡¯t want to be the vice-president, but if he doesn¡¯t do it and another vice-president is replaced, who knows if he is a Jurchen?  If they are Bohai people, Xi people, Han people, or simply Khitans, is there any way for the Jurchens to survive?

    Wuling Simou returned to Shangjing and asked to see Yelu Yujian. Shengyanfang returned from the Northern Expeditionary Army Headquarters. Ling Yuan, the Chief of General Staff, passed the order to King Hua on his behalf, asking the maintenance committee to perform its duties and stop the turmoil in Shangjing.

    It's a pity that Wuling Simou's trick of pretending to pass military orders was ineffective. Yelu Yujian didn't take his trick at all, so he agreed, and after sending Wuling Simou away, he smiled sinisterly: "Wuling Simou, Wuling  Si Mou, you may have never dreamed that on the day I took office as the maintenance president, His Highness King Hua gave me a secret order - there is no need for Jurchens to go to the capital!"

    It was under this extermination order that Yelu Yujian not only failed to stop it, but secretly added fuel to the flames, causing the chaos in Shangjing to escalate.  It was fine during the day, with Khitan soldiers pretending to be patrolling; at night, it was the world of thugs, with bloodshed, murder, rape and robbery, just like when the Jin army broke through the Nanxun Gate in Tokyo in the Northern Song Dynasty.  The sins committed are generally the same, but  Today¡¯s object is completely the opposite.

    The Jurchens who committed violence that day became victims today, and those who abused them were the survivors of the Liao Dynasty who had been slaves of the subjugated country for nearly ten years and were oppressed.

    The red flag rolls up the serf's halberd, and the black hand hangs the overlord's whip.  The hatred of those who have been oppressed all year round is once released.  The cruelty of revenge can be imagined with your toes.

    Di Lie¡¯s vicious plan to drive dogs and wolves to watch the fire from the other side caused the Liao survivors to completely form a deadly feud with the Jurchens.  After this riot, there will no longer be a place for Jurchens to stand in their hometown of Liaodong.

    Riots in Beijing.  After a few days, the news finally reached the ears of the imprisoned senior war criminals. Wu Qimai immediately went to Di Lie to ask for an explanation - he led the whole country to surrender that day, but Di Lie personally promised that he would never use force against the Jurchens in the capital.  of commitment.

    The pain of national subjugation and the deterioration of his body made Wu beg for money at this time.  He ate milk every day, vomited blood, and his body collapsed rapidly. He was basically unable to walk, so he had to ride on a horse and became a close sibling with his prime minister.

    Out of concern about Wu Qimai's physical and emotional problems, the officials of the Jin Kingdom comforted him and sent Wanyan Xiyin to seek an audience with King Hua.  Negotiate with it.

    Di Lie took time out of his busy schedule to summon the Jin Kingdom Attendant. Di Lie did not bother to refute the other party's rebuke, and directly summoned Wu Ling Simou and asked the two to confront him.

    When Wanyan Xiyin learned from Wuling Simou that the riot in Shangjing was purely caused by the survivors of the Liao Dynasty in Shangjing, not a single soldier of the Tianzhu Northern Expedition participated in it.  While he was dumbfounded, a cold air spread from his tail to his cervical vertebrae, making his whole body tremble.  How could he not see Di Lie's vicious plan?  But who can blame this?

    God does evil.  You can still violate it, you will do something wrong and you will not be able to live.  Jurchens, it¡¯s time to pay for the crimes of the past!

    When Wu Qimai learned the result, he spat out a mouthful of blood and looked up to the sky and howled: "God! Who will save the Jurchens!"

    There was chaos in the city, and the palace was not spared either.

    The day after the Tianzhu Army occupied the palace, Guo Dashi led a group of armored soldiers and went straight to the back hall of Qianyuan Hall and detained Tang Kuo, Queen Qinren of the Jin Kingdom.  As for the harem bought by the benefactor Wu Qiu, except for one queen, four concubines and seven princesses, there are no other concubines.

    It is worth mentioning that in Huanyiyuan, on the day the Tianzhu soldiers entered the palace, all the Jin soldiers who were on duty at Huanyiyuan ran away.  At this time, Song Guozong's concubine and tribute girls, who were originally imprisoned in the south courtyard, had already been sent out of the palace by the Jin people as a gift.  Only the former concubines of Liao Zong in the North Courtyard were envious, jealous, and cursed the heaven and the earth.

    The changes in the palace were quickly felt by the Liao girls on duty in each palace, and they all ran back to Huanyi Court to inform their sisters.  At this moment, the entire Huanyiyuan was boiling.

    The person on duty in the Huanyi Courtyard today happened to be Aunt Su Li. She still didn't know what was going on outside. Suddenly she saw the North Courtyard boiling with anger.  She showed off her feminine power and said, "What a rebellion! You bunch of cheap maids! If you don't disperse quickly, you will eat my noodles!"

    "I never thought that the group of women who used to be so submissive and run away like rabbits when she yelled at her would all look at her with hatred, form a half circle, and approach her step by step.

    Aunt Su Li was shocked and angry: "Rebellion, rebellion! Damn Khitan bastard"

    Before he finished speaking, all the Liao women screamed in unison: "Beat this evil woman to death!"

    ?The girls swarmed up and beat the fat evil woman into a gourd of blood with fists and kicks.

    I don¡¯t know who shouted: ¡°Sisters, run away!¡±

    "The Liao girls stopped in response and stepped on Grandma Su Li's bloody body. They ran away completely in the blink of an eye, leaving only a ball of meat paste like a dead pig

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    The riots in Beijing didn't change until Wuling Simou was forced to risk his life and resort to risky tactics.

    On October 24, at noon, a group of people robbed many wealthy families in Shangjing. The dissatisfied Bohai people, wearing crude leather armor and holding swords and bows, were so bold that they attacked the prisoner-of-war transport team of the Tianzhu Army.  Killed six Jurchen prisoners of war on the spot and robbed two trucks of supplies.

    The actions of this group of Bohai people directly stimulated the murderous thugs in Shangjing City. With the mentality that the law should not be punished, they swarmed forward to loot and beat the prisoners of war.

    The incident got worse and worse, and the initiator, the leader of the Bohai people, was stabbed through the heart while accepting the reward from Wuling Simou.

    News of the looting of military supplies reached the military headquarters, and Di Lie immediately ordered the entire city to be wiped out. It was obvious that the riots in Beijing had crossed the bottom line.  Calculating the time, it is almost time for the Northern Expeditionary Army to evacuate. It is the right time to take action at this time and clean up the head and tail.

    The occupying forces struck hard, and in just two days, the number of dead bodies in the city increased by 20%. However, the situation quickly reversed. The city of Shangjing, which had been shrouded in white terror for nearly ten days, finally slowly returned to its former peace.  In just over ten days, the Jurchens in the city and the survivors of the Liao Dynasty attacked each other, causing heavy casualties.  Afterwards, according to the casualty records provided by Yelu Yujian, the death toll of Jurchens alone reached more than 7,000, and the number of casualties from mobs of all ethnic groups also reached more than 4,000, nearly half of which were killed during the late-stage suppression operations of the occupying forces.  Killed.

    The total number of soldiers and civilians in Shangjing City is only more than 80,000, including 30,000 soldiers and more than 50,000 civilians.  Thirty thousand Jin soldiers died or surrendered, either corpses or prisoners, while the 50,000 civilians in the city suffered over 10,000 casualties due to internal strife, and the population dropped sharply.  Especially the Jurchens, who were first killed by the survivors of the Liao Dynasty, and then again by the occupying forces when they suppressed the riots I am afraid that there are not more than 2,000 Jurchens in Shangjing, and almost all of them are old and weak.  Women, children, and few strong men.

    The killings have stopped, but the long and terrible winter has just begun. How can the Jurchen women and children who have lost the protection of their youth survive this long winter?

    On October 28th, the sky was cold and cold, the wind was howling, but the snow had stopped.

    The Tianzhu Army, which successfully completed the Northern Expedition, began to evacuate in batches.  First, the Second Reorganized Division, escorting 20,000 Jin soldiers, retreated south, destination: Yanjing; second, the Fourth Reorganized Division, destination: Linhuang Mansion; third, Qin Fengjun and the Jin soldiers who surrendered in Zhaozhou, destination  : Yunzhong; the last one is the First Integration Division, escorting all the war criminals and their families in the Jin Kingdom, destination: Zhending.

    The entire evacuation operation must be completed within five days.

    Of course, some evacuated and some stayed.

    The commander of the Tianzhu Army established the Liaodong Road, which governed a large area of ??the original Jin Kingdom north of the Great Wall and east of Linhuang Prefecture, including Dading Prefecture, Liaoyang Prefecture, Xianping Prefecture, Huanglong Prefecture, and Huining Prefecture.  Ling Yuan, the former chief of staff of the Northern Expedition Army, was appointed as the general manager of Liaodong Province; four deputy managers: Wang Yan, commander of the Eight Character Army, Han Shizhong, deputy commander of Tianbo Division, Fang Hong, commander of the fifth mixed brigade, and Yelu Yujian; the chief history is  Hong Hao.

    Di Lie¡¯s arrangement has profound meaning.  With Ling Yuan's ability and position, he is qualified to hold this important position. The most important thing is that he was originally from the Yan region. He is one of the few senior generals in the Tianzhu Army who understands the Jurchens and the survivors of the old Liao Dynasty.  Fang Hong had the same reason, and his mixed brigade was also the main force guarding Liaodong.  As for Wang Yan and Han Shizhong, these two men and the thousands of soldiers under their command were basically poached from the Southern Song Dynasty. If they were not detained in Liaodong, there would be no guarantee that there would be any changes once they were released to the Central Plains.

    Wang Yan and Han Shizhong also did not want to get involved in the dispute between Tianshu and the Southern Song Dynasty. They guarded Liaodong and wiped out the remnants of the Jin Kingdom, which was exactly what they wanted.

    As for Yelu Yujian, he naturally used his status as the royal family of the old Liao Dynasty to appease the hearts of the survivors of the old Liao Dynasty in Liaodong Road.

    Everything was arranged, and Di Lie was among the last to leave.  In the wind and snow, I looked back at the ruined Shangjing, took a deep breath, and looked southward - the Kingdom of Jin had become a dead tiger, and it was time for the big fat sheep of the Southern Song Dynasty to be slaughtered.  (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile phone users please go to m. to read.)
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