Aspiring to the Ten Kingdoms

Chapter 687
With the death of Yelu Bishe, the battle in the imperial city also came to an end.

When they heard the news of the emperor's death in battle, they either lost their combat effectiveness or lost their reason and sacrificed their lives for the country. Some people even shouted "accompany Yelu must shoot" the person who drew his sword and committed suicide.

But no matter what, it can't change the final destiny...

After the great defeat in the ancient calendar, the entire Khitan elite army was wiped out, and the Liao Dynasty was powerless to recover.

The defense of Beicheng and Huangcheng is nothing more than lingering.

Facing the regularized army in the Central Plains, the newly formed soldiers were no opponents at all.

Taking advantage of the city's advantage, and barely fighting, losing this advantage, he doesn't even have the qualifications to fight.

All kinds of good news arrived as expected, and the news of the capture of important places in the palace came one by one. The most critical news was that the Khitan Emperor Yelu Bishe died in battle.

Hearing how Yelu Bishe died in battle, Luo Youdu was a little funny. Yelu Bishe wanted to win a good reputation for himself until he died.

However, Shu Yuan was bad and bad, and he didn't follow his intentions, but what Shu Yuan said made Luo Youdu feel very comfortable.

Originally, all the utensils of the kings of the Chinese dynasties were looted from the Central Plains by Yelu Deguang in the past, and it is only natural to take them back today.

To the people of Khitan is benevolent and cruel, that is also his own business as the emperor of the Central Plains.

When will it be Yelubi's turn to use what was originally theirs and negotiate terms with him so that he can treat the Khitan people better?
How do you treat your own people? How can you get outsiders to make irresponsible remarks?
However, Luo Youdu still ordered a generous funeral for Yelu, and magnanimously gave him the specifications of an emperor's funeral.

"Your Majesty, there is news from the Divine Guard that they have discovered the bodies of Zhao Kuangyi, Zhao Kuangmei, and Zhao Dezhao."

Hearing the news of the death of the three, Luo Youdu was a little surprised and asked, "How did they die?"

It turned out that after Jing Jizhang fell into the well, he heard that there was no movement below, so he drilled into the well with confidence.

There is a saying that when the sky falls, a tall man will hold it up, and this sentence is also appropriate here.

To add insult to injury, the stones are also tall and fat.

The stout Zhao Kuangyi and Zhao Kuangmei were the first to be crushed to death.

Zhao Dezhao followed his mother, and did not inherit the strong physique of the old Zhao family. In addition to his young age, with the support of his two uncles, he was seriously injured and did not die immediately.

In grief and anger, Zhao Dezhao endured the pain and waited for Jing Jizhang to go down the well, and gave him a knife.

He was crushed under the two corpses, unable to move freely, he could only reach Jing Jizhang's Achilles tendon, and cut the posterior tibial artery with a knife.

Horrified, Jing Jizhang killed Zhao Dezhao, who was already on the verge of death, but couldn't stop the bleeding, so he could only shout for help underground.

The passing soldiers heard the call and rescued Jing Jizhang from the dry well.

The soldiers passing by happened to be a 500-man detachment of the Shenwei Army under Liu Fu, an old soldier of the Imperial Army Division. Both Kuang Mei and Zhao Dezhao were fished out of the well and reported to their boss Liu Fu.

Liu Fu hurriedly asked someone to pass the news to Luo Youdu.

Luo Youdu didn't expect Zhao Kuangyi to die so aggrieved that a young eunuch was crushed to death with falling stones, he couldn't help being startled, and sighed, "Unfortunately, I haven't had time to thank him yet."

There is one thing to say, without Zhao Kuangyi's efforts to facilitate the ancient calendar battle, which gave them the opportunity to wipe out the Khitan elite in field battles, the battle to attack Linhuang North City and the Imperial City would not have been so smooth.

The performance of experienced veterans and new recruits on the battlefield is completely different.

I don't want him to die like this...

"Forget it, anyway, I also contributed to Dayu's unification of the Northland. The dead are the most important, so let's have a good burial!"

Luo Youdu waved his hand and let people go down.

Thinking about Song Taizong's death so aggrieved in history, it is a bit embarrassing.

Xiao Yilan was listening to the good news with him, seeing Luo Youdu's feelings for the Zhao family, he couldn't help but wonder: "Yelu must have died, His Majesty has never shown such an expression, what's so special about the three of the Zhao family?"

Luo Youdu said: "It's nothing special, it's just..." He thought for a while, but couldn't help but blackmail Zhao Kuangyi, and said: "It's just a pity, if Zhao Kuangyi doesn't die, I still have the heart to throw him to the Western Regions. Help me, Dayu, to pacify the Western Regions as soon as possible."

Xiao Yilan looked puzzled.

When the Khitan arrived and the Daliao was destroyed, Luo Youdu was in a happy mood, and couldn't help but say a few more words: "Do you know who is the God of War in the Great Qin? The Great Qin that ruled the world as the First Emperor..."

Xiao Yi thought about it lazily, and said: "Bai Qi?" Seeing Luo Youdu smiled and said nothing, he guessed again: "Wang Jian?"

Luo Youdu said: "Guo Kai who framed Lian Po and Li Mu successively!"

Xiao Yilan was dumbfounded for a moment, then understood, covered his mouth and chuckled.

Luo Youdu stared blankly, and looked away.

The chaos and turmoil in the Khitan imperial city lasted until noon, not because of the fierce resistance, but because many people, like Jing Jizhang, found a remote and secret place to hide in order to escape the military disaster.

In order to avoid future troubles, the soldiers and horses from all walks of life in the Central Plains launched a carpet-like search of the entire imperial city, searching every corner and nook and corner, and after repeatedly confirming that it was safe, they notified Luo Youdu.

Luo Youdu rode a steed from Dashun Gate to Kaihuang Palace in Khitan step by step under the watchful eyes of Dayu soldiers.

Standing in front of the main hall, looking at the towering soldiers below, he said loudly: "I will never forget that Yelu Deguang entered Bianliang, Tokyo with the guard of honor of the emperor of the Central Plains in the tenth year of Huitong, and received congratulations from all officials in the Chongyuan Hall." , and on February [-]st of the same year, he went to the main hall of the Tokyo Imperial Palace, received congratulations from all officials, and declared the country's name 'Liao'."

"This is my greatest shame in the Central Plains. When I went to the mansion, I made a great wish. One day, I will go straight to Linhuang and get back what belongs to us."

"Under your bloody fight today, standing here, I have fulfilled my old ambition."

"You are all doing well, the Dayu soldiers are all victorious!"

Hearing this, the Imperial Guards of the Third Division were all excited, held up their weapons, and shouted loudly: "Wan Sheng, Wan Sheng, Wan Sheng!"

Fu Yanqing who was at the side was also excited and narrowed his eyes. He had dealt with Khitan all his life and knew how powerful Khitan was. He never imagined that he would be able to see Khitan's destruction in his lifetime.

Hearing the deafening shout, Luo Youdu walked into Kaihuang Hall.

In Kaihuang Hall, there are all kinds of imperial utensils from past dynasties, including plaques from the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, dragon chairs used by Tang Taizong Li Shimin, and various strange things.

For example, the Dongyuan tripod made by Wu Zetian, the forged Jade Seal of Chuanguo forged in the later Jin Dynasty, etc...

Back then, in order to show orthodoxy, Wu Zetian used Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism to consolidate her position, made great music, and cast nine tripods.Because many of the tripods are made of copper, they were smelted for later generations.Dongyuan Ding, representing Xuzhou, stayed and fled to Khitan.

As for the forged Jade Seal of the Chuan Kingdom in the later Jin Dynasty, the Khitan people always thought it was the piece of Qin Shihuang's, so that they always regarded themselves as orthodox, calling themselves: the Great Central Liao Khitan Kingdom.

These gadgets are actually of no great use. Luo Youdu doesn't pay much attention to them. He is not used to using other people's things, imperial utensils, imperial utensils, and the things he uses are also imperial utensils.

But he knew better that these had to be taken back, and staying in Khitan would be a kind of future trouble...

What really excites Luo Youdu is the authentic collections of various famous artists in the treasure house: when Yelu Deguang, the bastard, left, he brought all the collections of famous artists stored in the court after the Qin and Han Dynasties to the north, including Wang Xizhi, Li Bai, Du Fu, Authentic works by Yan Zhenqing, Wu Daozi and others.

What made Luo Youdu most happy was that he found "Han Yu Ji" among these rare copies of authentic works.

"Han Yu Ji" is a forty-volume book compiled by Li Han, a disciple of Han Yu's family, who compiled his posthumous works, but only "Han Changli Ji" is handed down to later generations.

Luo Youdu loved Han Yu greatly in later generations, and he admired Han Yu more than popular idols such as Li Bai and Du Fu.

When I was in the Central Plains, I had the heart to collect Han Yu's anthology, and I didn't want to find them all in Khitan.

Luo Youdu looked at the anthology in his hand with some surprise. As the head of the eight great masters of Tang and Song Dynasties, Han Yu’s writing style goes without saying. In addition to "Statement", "On Huaixi Incident", and "Shi Shuo", there are many unhanded down great writings.

Because Han Yu's articles are sincere and fearless, he claims to inherit the Confucian orthodoxy, but he dares to criticize the incorrect traditional concepts of Confucianism.He respects Confucianism but does not stick to it, and dares to break through popular views.He was even able to slap his own mouth, personally writing articles to refute his previous views, and admitting his original shortcomings.For some reason, many articles were different from the popular customs and could not be tolerated by the times. In addition, due to various reasons such as the underdeveloped printing technique and the chaos of the late Tang and Five Dynasties, most of them were lost.

Looking at the enlightened thoughts revealed in Han Yu's article, Luo Youdu admired and respected traditional culture, and dared to challenge the decadent traditions that do not adapt to the times. He really liked Luo Youdu's taste and said with emotion: "It is a pity that Mr. Changli's majestic writing is lost."

Some people say that Han Yuwen began the decline of eight generations and was the first voice of Neo Confucianism in Song and Ming Dynasties.

The former sentence is well-deserved, but the latter sentence is a bit embarrassing.

As far as Han Yu's enlightened thought is concerned, how can Cheng Zhu's Neo-Confucianism be compared to the stagnant pool of Neo-Confucianism?

Luo Youdu paused, and said: "The Khitan people are also my citizens of Dayu, and I plan to build a library in Linhuang. I plan to rub a copy of these articles and isolated copies and leave them in Linhuang for the students here to copy and borrow. It is estimated that many treasures have been rewarded by Khitan chiefs to meritorious ministers. If the order is passed on, I will not take away the love of others, and I will not ask for the original version. Just rubbing a copy is enough. I do not want the cultural treasures left by the ancestors to be lost because of this... ..."

After Luo Youdu took over Linhuang, he paid the most attention to the inheritance of Chinese culture.

Luo Youdu did not immediately return to the country triumphantly, but with the courage to destroy the Liao Dynasty, he carried out drastic rectification in Linhuang Mansion.

He passed on the thoughts of the Han and Khitan families to the Khitan people, and then swept away all the Khitan nobles.

The famous Khitan royals were placed in Bianjing and Luoyang, and raised as pigs in captivity. The notorious ones were directly executed in exchange for popular support, and by the way deterred Xiao Xiao.As for many nobles, they are planning to throw them to Jiaozhi and Ryukyu to fill the population.

Luo Youdu's tough attitude and actions naturally aroused the dissatisfaction of most Khitan nobles, but they had no choice.

One hundred thousand elites of Dayu were in Linhuang Mansion, and as prisoners, they could only passively agree.

Of course, Yeluxian and Yeluxian also contributed a lot here.

According to Luo Youdu's original plan, he wanted to kill a group of people, and if they felt the pain, they would naturally be honest.

Now that Yeluxian and Yeluxian are dealing with it, Luo Youdu didn't raise the knife in his hand.

As long as they get to Jiaozhi, Yizhou, and Liuqiu, it doesn't matter if they are dissatisfied.In the absence of guides, even if they were given wings, they would not be able to return to Khitan from Jiaozhi, Yizhou, and Liuqiu.

"Your Majesty! General Lin and Mr. Chen have arrived..."

Luo Youdu put down everything in his hands, strode out of Longmei Palace, looked at Lin Renzhao and Chen Chuyao waiting outside the palace, he laughed "haha" and said: "Dudu Lin, Mr. Chen, let me wait, let's go, let's go inside." say."

With a bit of excitement, he held one in each hand and walked towards the palace.

Both Lin Renzhao and Chen Chuyao felt flattered.

Lin Renzhao's contribution to the destruction of Goryeo and the capture of the Bohai Sea is indisputable.

Chen Chuyao called the wind and rain in Goryeo, and gave the Central Plains enough legitimate reasons to occupy Goryeo, which is also a great contribution.

Luo Youdu couldn't help but praise them all.

Both Lin Renzhao and Chen Chuyao had red faces.

Luo Youdu credited the two of them first, and then he talked about the business: "Captain, how is it going, the journey went smoothly?"

Back then when the Khitan speculated about Lin Renzhao's whereabouts, they always thought that Lin Renzhao's army was planning to detour to their rear.

In fact, it was because they thought highly of themselves. Luo Youdu did have this idea at first, but with Zhao Kuangyi's help, once the Khitan's elite were wiped out, he let Lin Renzhao lead his troops to march deep into the northeast.

Losing the elite Khitan, only his Chinese army and Pan Mei's troops are enough.

Luo Youdu intends to completely control the Northeast, and he wants to build a military port at the mouth of the Northeast.

As for the reason, it is naturally to go east across the Bering Sea and head for the American continent.

Lin Renzhao understood Luo Youdu's ambitions, and as the navy commander who was appointed to expand the territory of the American continent, he did his best in this regard, saying: "In this regard, the Khitan has helped us a lot. They almost wiped out the Northeast, and many barbarians The people moved out of their hometowns for them. There was no trouble in exploring the road this time, and occasionally some fish that slipped through the net were cleaned up."

As he spoke, he stretched his hand into his arms and said, "This is the map drawn by Mr. Gu. I personally inspected it and found two places suitable for setting up camps. They are Sakhalin Island and Suibin Mansion. Your Majesty, please take a look." !"

Luo Youdu reached out to take the map from Lin Renzhao, just glanced at it, and couldn't help smiling: Sakhalin Island is naturally Sakhalin Island, there is no need to explain.

Isn't Shaibin Mansion Vladivostok?

What a wonderful place.

"Let's be in the Subin mansion!"

Luo Youdu immediately made a decision and said: "Although Sakhalin Island is good, it is too remote. A port city can be built here in Suibin, which is called Suibin Port to connect us to the Haidong Peninsula and Wadi, forming an economic zone that is convenient for development."

(End of this chapter)