Chapter 1102: The Emperor Dies
The galloping Yellow River is full of unstoppable momentum, the chic of the waves crashing on the shore, and the majestic roar, all of which are full of convincing domineering and make people's minds involuntarily broaden.
The ministers of the Jin Kingdom looked at the surging Yellow River, and all of them expressed their bold feelings, expressing the pride of the Great Jin Dynasty dominating the world.
Sima Dan had thought about the majesty of the Yellow River countless times in his heart, but when he really saw the roar of the Yellow River with his own eyes, he was still shocked by the majestic momentum of the scene and sighed at the insignificance of people.
However, while the roaring Yellow River made Sima Dan excited, it also made him feel very uncomfortable, his legs began to weaken, and his internal organs began to beat, as if he was about to be swallowed by the Yellow River.
Looking intently at the rushing Yellow River, Sima Dan felt that his body had been moving forward, and getting closer and closer to the center of the Yellow River, this feeling was very wonderful, a wonderful feeling of being swallowed.
"Your Majesty, it's cold and windy by the river, let's put on more clothes!" Queen He Fani draped a mink coat over Sima Dan's body.
Sima Dan put away his eyes and said tiredly: "Move a chair here, I'm tired." ”
Hearing the order, several eunuchs brought over the dragon chair that had been prepared long ago and placed it behind Sima Dan.
Sima Dan sat lightly on the dragon chair, suddenly felt much more comfortable, and looked at the surging Yellow River again, feeling this unstoppable momentum.
All the ministers of the Jin Kingdom were also feeling the majesty of the Yellow River, and many of these ministers actually came to the banks of the Yellow River for the first time.
"Fortunately, the Yellow River has not frozen at this time of this year, otherwise, the emperor would not have been able to see this spectacular scenery." A minister of the Jin State looked at the Yellow River and whispered with emotion.
"Yes! I remember that at this time in the past few years, the Yellow River was frozen, this year the wind and rain are smooth, the climate is mild, and the next year must be a bumper harvest! The colleague next to him answered.
At this time, Huaan was standing in front of them. After hearing about the harvest in the coming year, he turned around and said: "After the harvest in the coming year, I will have enough grain and grass in the Great Jin, and the area around the Western Regions is the land lost by my Great Jin." It's time to take it back. ”
When the ministers heard this, they were all shocked, the problem in the northeast has not been solved, and Hua'an is considering using troops in the Western Regions again, which will inevitably consume national strength. In the eyes of many Wenchen, this is a manifestation of reckless military force, which will lead to the defeat of the country, and even Hua'an's henchmen feel that something is inappropriate.
"Your Majesty, our army is still fighting hard in the northeast, and the scholars are tired, and they need to rest for at least a few years before they can use troops to the west, otherwise the loss of national strength will be too great." A confidant official whispered.
Hua'an Zhengse said: "There is no strong country in the Western Regions, and the attack on the Western Regions can be dominated by soldiers and horses trained in Liangzhou, and only tens of thousands of troops need to be sent in the direction of Luoyang City." You can take down the entire Western Regions, and you won't use the soldiers and horses in the northeast. ”
"The king's continuous use of troops from the outside world is not suspected of being reckless." A henchman said boldly.
Hua An frowned, and said: "For the benefit of future generations, even if this king is reckless, what if Qin Shi Huang unified the six countries and unified the world, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty conquered the Xiongnu in the north and opened up the Western Regions, so that there was a prosperous era of Qin and Han dynasties." Let the prestige of my Central Plains Dynasty be able to subdue the world, and now, the Great Jin Dynasty has been weak for decades, and the prestige of the Central Plains Dynasty is not enough to convey the Quartet. Only by opening up the Western Regions and using the Silk Road to connect with Western countries can it be possible to restore the prestige of our Great Jin Dynasty as the Central Plains Dynasty. ”
Seeing that Hua'an said impassionedly and full of pioneering spirit, everyone expressed their admiration, and pioneering and enterprising would indeed consume national strength. But being conservative and complacent with the status quo will weaken the empire, and it will be swallowed up by powerful enemies many years later, and it will only be possible to keep it stronger and stronger.
After saying a period of impassioned ambition, Hua Ance looked at Sima Dan and found Sima Dan sitting motionless on the dragon chair, like a sculpture.
A premonition surged into Hua An's heart, and he felt that Sima Dan's heart had stopped beating.
"Your Majesty." Hua An gently walked to Sima Dan's side and greeted in a low voice.
Sima Dan remained motionless, without a trace of response, his eyes looked straight ahead, and his face was extremely gray.
All the ministers also saw this scene, and all of them moved closer to Sima Dan.
A waiting eunuch stretched out his hand to try it on Sima Dan's nose, quickly retracted his fingers, knelt beside the dragon chair, and announced sadly: "The emperor has returned to heaven." ”
"The emperor has returned to heaven." A loud voice shouted, and suddenly, all the ministers, palace maids, eunuchs, and three thousand guards and cavalry all knelt down.
Subsequently, the coffin of Emperor Sima Dan was transported back to Luoyang City, and began to handle the state funeral, at the same time, the crown prince Sima Yan was held in the arms of Chu Garlic, and officially ascended the throne as the emperor in the Taiji Hall of the Imperial Palace.
Of course, the little baby who has not dried up cannot deal with national affairs, so the Empress Dowager Chu Garlic once again listened to the government and helped the little emperor deal with national affairs.
As a powerful Hua'an, he is naturally the real master of the Great Jin Dynasty, but in order not to bear the reputation of rebellion, he let the little emperor temporarily become the emperor.
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A few months later, Andong City, the seat of the Andong Metropolitan Protectorate, has been built in outline, has initially had the ability to defend against enemy attacks, and the Dadu Protectorate in the city has also been built, for this reason, Wang Meng and the main force of the soldiers and horses under his command left the Buyeo Royal City, and took away most of the materials taken out in the valley, leaving only a small part for the Buyeo King, of course, in order to completely control the Buyeo King, the Jin army left 10,000 soldiers and horses, stationed in the Buyeo King City.
After arriving in Andong City, Wang Meng let his soldiers and horses be stationed outside the city, and led a small number of people into the city, at this time, the construction of the city is still continuing, all kinds of facilities are not complete, but there is no problem in barely working, and the reason why Wang Meng is so eager to go to Andong City is naturally to better supervise the work of craftsmen on the spot, and put forward changes to unreasonable places.
"60,000 people and 30,000 soldiers of our army have worked day and night to make the construction of Andong City progress so quickly, and at this rate of construction, it will be a few months at most, and the city will be fully completed." Han Yong looked at Wang Meng and said happily.
Wang Meng smiled and said: "The general has been appointed as the protector of Andong and will be stationed in Andong City for a few years, but General Han is still the governor of the naval army of the Yangzhou Army. ”
Wang Meng is naturally telling the truth. Han Yong was ordered to lead troops to reinforce Liaodong, since all the countries in the northeast were settled, Han Yong and his troops and horses did not have the slightest need to stay, and it was a matter of time before they returned to Yangzhou.
As soon as I heard that I was going to leave the Northeast. Han Yong suddenly had a feeling of loneliness, Jiangnan was warm and humid, and it was a very comfortable place, but Han Yong had been in Jiangnan for decades, but he didn't like Jiangnan very much. Instead, I like the icy and snowy Northeast, because it is more heroic and rough, and there is a wild beauty.
"General Wang, it would be good if the last general could stay in Anton, the comfortable environment in Jiangnan is not suitable for the last general at all, besides, if you stay in Anton, you can study well with the general." Han Yong said.
Wang Meng smiled and said softly, "What General Han said is true. ”
"Honestly, absolutely sincerely."
"In that case, Ben will present the king. It's good to let the general stay in Anton. Wang Meng said with a smile.
Obviously, at this time, Wang Meng had just been appointed as the protector of Anton, and a large number of talents were needed to stabilize the vast area of Anton, and Han Yong was a rare talent, so Wang Meng naturally wanted to stay.
"Okay, great, as long as you can stay in Anton, you can do anything." Han Yong said excitedly.
"Report, General. General Murong Ke led his troops to raid the city of King Hui, and broke the city at night, capturing more than 50 people of King Hao and the ministers of Hao, and General Murong was escorting King Hao and others to Andong. "That's when it happened. The news came that Murong Ke had broken through the city of King Hao and captured King Hao and others.
When Wang Meng, Han Yong and other generals heard this, they were all very excited, and they all showed joyful expressions.
"General, the Yan army is vulnerable to fighting against our army, but it is very easy to fight! It was so easy to capture Wang Sheng. A Jin army general said happily.
"Who said that the Yan army is vulnerable. This is all the result of General Wang's strategy, if it is commanded by you, I am afraid that our army will be beaten by the Yan army. A Jin army general patted Wang Meng's ass.
Wang Meng smiled happily, looked at the generals, and said: "Hao Hao has been captured, now it depends on whether General Zhang Hao can break through the Lou and capture the king of Lou alive." ”
"There are 80,000 soldiers and horses under General Zhang Hao's command, which is 20,000 more than Murong Ke's soldiers and horses, and he will definitely be able to break through the city of King Lou and capture King Lou alive." A Jin general said.
"General, there are only 40,000 or 50,000 soldiers in the whole country of Rulou, how can it be the opponent of our army's 80,000 horses, General Zhang Hao will definitely be able to capture the king of Lou alive." Another Jin general said confidently.
Wang Meng smiled and said softly, "I hope so!" General Ben also believed that General Zhang Hao had this ability, otherwise, he would not have given him such an important task. ”
"Report, general, the right flank of our army has won a great victory, annihilating 30,000 enemies, and capturing King Lou alive." At this moment, the good news of victory also came back from the direction of Rulou.
When Wang Meng and all the generals under his command heard this, they were all very happy, and Lu Lou was much farther than Hao Qian, but Zhang Hao almost won the victory with Murong Ke's left wing, which was not simple, and everyone was impressed by Zhang Hao.
"It is really a great joy that General Zhang Hao was able to achieve such brilliant results, and in this way, all the countries in the Northeast have been subdued by our army." A Jin general said happily.
"Yes! The fact that Rulou was broken by our army means that all the countries in the northeast are subject to the Great Jin, and in this way, the jurisdiction of our Andong Protectorate will become the largest area of the Great Jin. Han Yong said proudly.
Wang Meng smiled and said: "The Andong Metropolitan Protectorate is indeed the largest in the Great Jin Dynasty, but this is only temporary, the king has already sent news that he is ready to establish the Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate, the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, and the Annam Metropolitan Protectorate one after another, and the area of these Metropolitan Protectorates will not be smaller than Anton!" ”
When the generals heard this, they were all greatly excited, because in this way, the whole world would be at the feet of the Great Jin, and the land of the Great Jin would encompass all the places that human beings could reach.
Seeing that all the generals were full of longing for the future of the Great Jin, Wang Meng was naturally very happy, but he was very curious about the results achieved by Zhang Oyster, because Zhang Oyster's victory was too smooth, almost just arrived in Rulou and completely annihilated the main army of Rulou, and then broke through the city of Rulou Wang, and captured all the people of Rulou, this strength shocked him very much, after all, in his impression, Zhang Oyster is just a brave general, and it is impossible for a brave general to have such a strong strength.
"How General Zhang Hao won, you can tell me in detail." Wang Meng looked at the personal soldiers sent by Zhang Hao and asked.
"General Qiyu, when our army's 80,000 troops arrived near the city of Rulou, there was goose feather snow floating in the sky, and no one could be seen a hundred steps away, the general let the main army hide more than ten miles outside the royal city, and let the 10,000 troops of Fuyu go to lure the enemy, as a result, the king of Lulou sent all the 30,000 troops in the city, and after defeating the 10,000 horses in Fuyu, he pursued the victory, and then fell into the encirclement of our army, and was completely annihilated by the main force of our army. Zhang Hao's soldiers said truthfully.
Wang Meng was very happy when he heard this, this time Zhang Oyster used the trick of luring the enemy to completely annihilate the living force of Lulou at a very small price, so that Lulou will be completely devastated from now on, which is very convenient for the Great Jin Dynasty to establish a county in the territory of Lulou.
What made Wang Meng happiest was that Zhang Hao, a person who seemed to be rude, was able to adopt a strategy, if the 80,000 army attacked the city of Rulou Wangcheng, the hope of victory would be much smaller, and even if he won, he would pay a heavy price.
Zhang Oyster used the trick of luring the enemy to completely annihilate Lou's living force, which was completely unexpected by Wang Meng, which made Wang Meng very happy, and decided to use Zhang Oyster more in the future, so that he and Han Yong and others could become the core generals of the Andong Protectorate and help him maintain the territory of the Andong Metropolitan Protectorate.
More than ten days later, the two armies of Murong Ke and Zhang Hao arrived in Andong City and set up camp on the outskirts of Andong City, but when they left Hao Qian and Lu Lou, they each left 10,000 troops to garrison the royal cities of Hao Qian and Lu Lou, thus firmly controlling the two royal cities.
The captured people, such as the king of Hao and the king of Lulou, were naturally taken into Andong City, and after resting for many days, these people were escorted to Luoyang City and handed over to the Great Jin court for disposal.
After the two generals, Murong Ke and Zhang Hao, entered Anton City, Wang Meng praised the two and said that in the future, they would become the core generals of the Andong Protectorate, and they had a bright future, which made the two quite moved. (To be continued.) )