Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 1391 Martial Arts
"Don't escape! Hold on!" Shen De yelled angrily after stabbing the military academy that was the first to flee.

Bohai soldiers are docile and obedient.

The fear of the aristocratic family is deeply rooted in their bones, and they subconsciously obey the orders of the officers, but their ability to endure casualties is really poor. A battalion of 300 people often collapses with one-tenth of the casualties.You are not required to reach the elite level where more than half of the casualties in the battle of Xiangji Temple will not collapse, but this is really too bad. In today's world where ruthless people are born in large numbers, it is not enough.

And their skills are too bad.

Standing on the top of the city, condescending, and often being killed by Xia Bing who can't exert his full strength, it is extremely headache.

The two armies stabbed each other with long spears, and the opportunity to control the enemy was fleeting. Whoever shot faster, more accurately, and more powerful would have an extra chance of victory.This requires ten years of hard training and a desperate drive that is not afraid of death, which Bohai people can't achieve.

What should I do if I can't reach it?Only death.

Shen De didn't know how many rout soldiers he had taken in and rectified, until now, facing the cries and pleadings of the rout soldiers, he only felt powerless and hopeless in his heart.

"Go back!" Shen De kicked and beat, driving the rout soldiers to the city.

The defeated soldiers were helpless.At this point, they still didn't dare to face Shangguan's swordsman, so they could only turn around and reluctantly went to the top of the wall.

The city has reached a critical moment.

Dozens of Xia soldiers climbed up, ignoring their own bodies, holding the momentum of dying with the enemy, brandishing heavy swords, iron maces, iron scorpions and other weapons, fighting in close quarters.

The Bohai people stabbed repeatedly with long spears, but to no avail, they were always blocked by iron armor.But when they got close and slashed with heavy swords, the Bohai people fell into chaos.Occasionally, a few brave men killed Xia Bing in front of him, but they couldn't hide the overall decline and retreated step by step.

When Shen De rushed to the top of the wall, what he saw was such a scene, his eyes were tearing up, and he shouted: "It's time to repay your kindness!"

After shouting, he rushed up with five hundred soldiers.

They are brave, representing the last remaining backbone of Bohai Guozuo for 200 years.And their bravery also boosted the morale of the surrounding Bohai people who were about to collapse. They stabilized their position a little bit, and under the leadership of the officer, they stabbed with spears and killed again and again.

After a life-and-death fight, he finally killed nearly a hundred Xia soldiers who rushed forward, saving the crisis.

Shen De looked at the blood-stained armor, and suddenly burst into laughter, saying: "Bohai has been 200 years old, and the king's spirit has not dissipated. There is still a chance."

The soldiers also showed a gratified smile.

"The Golden Light Gate has been opened!" A heart-piercing cry suddenly sounded in the city. Listen carefully, there is still a faint cry.

Shen De's figure wobbled and almost fainted, the soldiers hurried forward to support him.

"Who the hell?!" Shende asked angrily, throwing off the arms of the soldiers.

No one answered, and everyone was at a loss. Could it be that everything they did was meaningless?

"It must be those aristocratic families!" Shen De gritted his teeth.

He is also from a family background, but he still has a conscience and an air of loyalty. He knows what righteousness is and what is right and wrong.

But unfortunately, he can only represent himself, not others, not even his family.Because most of the people in Kaesong cannot do without the Shen family.

Xia Bing from outside the city climbed up again, not giving them a chance to think, nor to give them a chance to breathe.

"Fight with them!" Shen De raised his spear and fought with Xia Bing who climbed to the top of the wall.

******
Outside the Golden Light Gate, Xia Bing like a long dragon swarmed in.

Inside the city gate, there were many corpses scattered, and some wounded were moaning.

There were more than a hundred people scattered on both sides. They were wearing Bohai Navy uniforms, and blood was still dripping from their equipment.

This turned out to be an infighting!
One side launched a surprise attack, attacked their own people, and then opened the city gate to let Xia Bing in.

Obviously, someone voluntarily surrendered.

Maybe out of fear, maybe out of hatred, maybe for some other reason, but it doesn't matter.The ending is set, and no one can turn the tables.

The Tielin army rushed into the city was Fu Cunshen's own military envoy, led by Li Renhan, the envoy of the left wing. The first thing to do was to rush forward along the street and wipe out the Bohai soldiers who were caught off guard.

Many Bohai soldiers were exhausted from the long battle and were resting in the barracks or even private houses under the city. When they encountered Xia soldiers falling from the sky, their horror was beyond words.

The last bit of their morale was also broken, and all of them lost their fighting spirit, ran around and hid desperately.Occasionally, those who resisted in groups were quickly wiped out.

Xie Yanzhang, Marquis of Yu, the capital of the Tiande Army, led a second batch of 4000 men into the city. They killed and scattered the defenders, opened several other city gates, and let more soldiers enter the city.

The third batch to enter the city was Meng Zhixiang's bodyguard, a total of 5000 people.They entered from the direction of the Forbidden Garden in the west of the city, targeting important points such as the Bohai Palace and treasury.

Well, no one opened the north gate.The Luoyan Army was anxious outside the city, and after waiting for a long time, they did not receive the order to enter the city.

The lord of Bohai, Da Chiu Zhuan, was in the imperial city to convene his subordinates to discuss matters. After hearing that Xia Bing had entered the city, he collapsed on the Hu bed on the spot.

At the very beginning, facing the crisis of consecutive defeats, he was already extremely discouraged, and under the persuasion of some aristocratic children, he was already inclined to surrender.

Especially after Zhang Dingbao and others shouted outside the city and learned that Xijing, Zhongjing, and Tokyo had all fallen, he had "made up his mind" and sent Pei Qi, the Minister of Letters, out of the city to surrender to the Xia army.

As a result, someone came in to have an audience that night, admonishing them with weeping blood, thinking that there is still something to be done in state affairs, and they must not surrender.

Da Kao Zhuan was very moved and gave them full rights.General Shen De of the Forbidden Army arrested and killed the Minister of Negotiating Peace overnight, and the Bohai people repented on the spot, which provoked a fierce attack by Xia Jun.

After all, how many days have passed?Da Jian Zhuan regretted it again, and felt that he should surrender, but he really couldn't beat it.

But when things got to this point, it was already difficult to end decently.

I gave you a chance, and you agreed. Seals, household registers, editions and other objects that symbolize power were all handed over, and you regretted it when things came to an end. Did you ever do something like this?What do you want the Great Xia monarch and ministers who are being teased to do?
If you don't want to be decent, then there is no decent.

"This..." Hearing the killing sound getting closer and closer, Da Chi Zhuan slowed down a little, and asked left and right: "Now that the matter is up to now, can I still ask Lord Xia for my sin?"

Left and right can't speak.

A few days ago, they were all impassioned main fighters, excited that the situation had been reversed overnight.But at this point, there is no way.After all, they couldn't go to battle, and even if they could, it wouldn't help.

Da Jizhuan burst into tears and said: "The 200-year-old Guozuo was actually destroyed by my hands. What about Shende? What about Shendu General?"

No one answered.Some people even got up quietly and slipped out.

"Your Majesty, there is indeed only General Shen Du who can save him now." Someone couldn't bear it and said.

Da Jian Zhuan held back his tears, and asked hopefully: "How about going to join Shen De and fight a bloody path?"

The man shook his head and said: "Perhaps we can send someone to kill Shen De and put all the blame on him. Lord Xia is kind and may forgive His Majesty."

Da Chi Zhuan was taken aback, and said: "This is not good..."

The person who offered advice didn't want to talk too much about such a lack of virtue, so he shook his head and left directly.

Daxue thought for a long time, and said: "Come here, go and kill Shen's family, and plead guilty to Xia people."

The guard commander faced him, kowtowed several times, and turned to leave.

Not long after he left, the Great Xia guards rushed into the imperial city.As the sound of weapons clashing kept coming, Da Jianzhuan was so frightened that he was out of his wits, and hid directly in a tunnel behind a rockery.

******
After taking control of the imperial city, it was Meng Zhixiang's bodyguard who rushed into the palace first.

Bohai Palace is composed of five halls.

After easily killing the palace guards at the gate of the palace city, Xia Bing rushed in and rushed into the Wude Hall on the southernmost side.

According to archaeological excavations of later generations, the steps of this hall are 55.5 meters from east to west, 24 meters from north to south, 2.7 meters high, 11 rooms wide, and 4 rooms deep, which is not small.

There are curved verandah buildings on the east and west sides of the hall.There are pavilion-like auxiliary buildings in the middle of the two corridors, which are very similar to the structure of the Hanyuan Hall of the Daming Palace.

After the guards rushed in, they searched house by house, arrested all the people, put them in one place, and sealed up the palace.

After passing the Wude Hall, to the north is the Taiji Hall, 93.5 meters from east to west and 22.4 meters from north to south.

This is the largest and most magnificent building complex in the Bohai Palace, symbolizing etiquette and royal power.After asking the palace people, I learned that this is the place where hundreds of officials go to court on weekdays, and all important matters in the five capitals and fifteen mansions of Bohai Sea are decided here.

There are also some remaining guards desperately resisting.

Meng Zhixiang directly dispatched a team of archers, and after shooting, the last resistance was wiped out.

He didn't stay, and after ordering his subordinates to control the various halls, he went through the north gate and entered the Hall of Liangyi.

The decoration of Liangyi Hall is very elegant, which can be seen from the external three-colored chi head and Chi kiss.And the various objects displayed inside the palace even dazzled everyone's eyes.

Meng Zhixiang looked at it and sighed secretly.

There is a difference between destroying a country and destroying a feudal town.Wang Rong was the king of Zhao in the former Tang Dynasty, but he was still a lot worse than the king of Bohai County.Because the latter is the son of heaven behind closed doors, called "Zhen", wears a dragon robe, has hundreds of officials, a harem, and a forbidden army.Probably only when the envoys from the Shang Kingdom came over, he would restrain himself for a few days. After the envoys left, he was still the emperor far and wide.

This is where the King of Bohai usually works and summons his courtiers. Meng Zhixiang is very sure.

After Liangyi Hall, there are Ganlu Hall and Chengen Hall...

In terms of overall scale, it may not be as good as the three major palaces in Xijing, but as far as individual palaces are concerned, each of them is similar to the palaces of Xijing, reflecting the ambitions of the previous kings of Bohai in every way.

In the western part of the palace, there is a surplus treasury, which is modeled after the imperial treasury of the former Tang Dynasty, and it is full of various goods.Rough counting, hundreds of thousands of silks and satins are always available, as well as various Liaodong specialties, filling every corner of the warehouse.

"What a Bohai country!" When Meng Zhixiang came to Yingkuwai, he was also shocked by its regulations.

Who would have thought that a foreign ruler in a remote and bitterly cold place would have so many private possessions?

Does the Bohai State really only have more than 100 million people?really poor?
Meng Zhixiang, who had been puzzled by the sage's Northern Expedition to the Bohai Sea, doubted his own cognition for the first time.

Five main halls, one palace treasury, dozens of ancillary buildings, plus gardens, pavilions, and courtyards on the east, west, and north sides, the sum is not much smaller than Chang'an Xingqing Palace.

In such a big Miyagi, ordinary people are not qualified to live in it, not even Prince Daxia.

"All palaces and treasuries are sealed up, and those who enter without authorization will be beheaded."

"Palaces and concubines are under centralized supervision, no harassment is allowed, and those who violate the order will be executed."

Meng Zhixiang issued two orders on the spot, and the military academies responded immediately.

They are the bodyguards, they come from the slaves of the saints, they are naturally different from the martial arts masters, the overall execution of orders is very firm, and the atmosphere in the army is good. Although they are not as good as the imperial army in terms of combat effectiveness, they are very loved and valued by the saints—— In the beginning of the year, every obedient leader is very precious.

"Wan Hu, the Lord of Bohai has been captured." Just as he was about to leave, a military academy rushed over from the imperial city and reported loudly.

Meng Zhixiang was overjoyed, and said: "Quickly find someone to verify your integrity, and then reward Fu Shuai and the saint."

"As ordered."

Meng Zhixiang suppressed his excitement.

The battle to destroy the country has finally come to an end.Even if there are repetitions later, it will not hurt the overall situation.Local rebellion, once the army arrives, it can be easily suppressed.

The saint's insistence is right.He must have discovered the weak nature of this country in the process of uniting Bohai to attack Khitan, so he decided to destroy it.

After the news was sent back to the Central Plains, I don't know how much shock it would cause.

This is the Haidong Shengguo that made the empress Wu and Xuanzong of the former Tang Dynasty very angry, but they had no choice but to pinch their noses and canonize it.

Now that it has been destroyed, Daxia's martial arts have reached the point where it is difficult to look directly at.

(End of this chapter)