The rise of the prince

Chapter 498

"It's more lively than festivals." Li Xingzhou sighed as he looked at the people who lined the road to greet him.

The army had just arrived at the south gate of Jiangzhou, and the people had already gathered around the street to watch, crowding shoulder to shoulder, countless.

"Five thousand at least." Wei Yubai smiled with a professional eye. She has been at the border all year round, and the number of people can basically be seen at a glance. This is a difficult skill. People like Li Xingzhou, Shen Lin, and Shen Sheng are not This ability, only know that there are many people.

"My lord is deeply popular." Wei Li said with emotion, Shang Zhi's personal guard who held his head high when he went there had long lost his previous arrogance.

When the army entered the city, it was immediately welcomed by the common people. Many common people took their belongings from home and handed them to the sergeants, and some scholars sang their merits loudly among the crowd. The so-called triumph may be like this, but Li Xingzhou was not happy at the moment.

Because he was just along the Danshui River, he heard the news that Jin Po Liao State went to Beijing in the north. Once the capital was broken, Jing State no longer had the capital to negotiate with Jin State, and his threat of waterway no longer existed, because Jin State still stood. Keep your feet on the ground.

Compared with Zhongjing, the biggest advantage of Shangjing is that it is not afraid of being attacked by two sides.

He was not the only one who sent troops in winter. It was no coincidence that Wanyan Wugu also chose to do the same as him. He caught him by surprise and marched in the cold winter months, dealing a fatal blow to the Liao Kingdom.

In this way, looking at the people who lined the road to greet him, Li Xingzhou understood that this was not just the joy of victory, he was now like a savior, at least a spiritual pillar in the hearts of the people, subconsciously resisting the fear of the Kingdom of Jin, this happened by coincidence.

Afterwards, news continued to come in, and it was heard that Wanyan Wugunai would formally ascend the throne and establish a state in Shangjing.

After hearing these news, Li Xingzhou felt a little cold in his heart.
Before, he was still thinking about the relationship between the so-called Wanyan Wugunai and Wanyan Aguda. He remembered that only Aguda had a name named Ugunai in his previous generation, and it was he who unified the Jurchen ministries and laid a solid foundation for the rise of Aguda.

In his previous life, Wanyan Aguda first attacked Shangjing and then Zhongjing, but now he attacked Zhongjing first and then Shangjing. At first, he wondered whether this black bone had the courage and courage of Aguda.

Now there is no need to guess anymore, the facts have already told him the answer, Wan Yanmin.
Within one year, Jin Xia Liao Kingdom Tokyo, Zhongjing, and Shangjing, Mo Da Liao Kingdom, and Liao Kingdom, which was bigger than Jing Kingdom, were beaten to death in one fell swoop. This kind of fighting power was beyond his imagination.

The territory captured by Jin Kingdom in one year is almost as big as that of Jing Kingdom.
He can be absolutely sure of one thing, whether it is Wanyan Aguda or Wanyan Wugunai, it is definitely the same if you are talented or general, and you are brave and brave!

The most important thing is that after the Kingdom of Jin defeats the Kingdom of Liao, it will trigger a series of chain reactions.

The people of Jingguo, the ministers of the court, the royal nobles, and even the current emperor, what they worry about is that the Jin Kingdom will grow stronger, and it will go south after conquering the Liao Kingdom for a few years.

What Li Xingzhou is worried about is that the Jurchens originated in the northeast region. They are a famous ethnic group that came out of the bitter cold. They are very brave and tall, but they are not nomads, but fishermen and hunters. This is where many people confuse them.

Although they are also good at riding and shooting, they are all skills born out of the bitter cold environment and hunting, which is different from nomads.

Therefore, the Jurchens were not interested in the northwest grasslands. After they conquered Shangjing and Zhongjing, they did not develop their forces toward the northwest grasslands like Xiang Liao.

For them, the fertile soil of the Central Plains in the south is obviously what they want more, so if there is a slight difference between them and Jing Guo, there must be a battle, as long as they see the possibility of attacking Jing Guo.

But here lies the big problem!

Jurchen had no intention of developing power on the grasslands, and the Liao Kingdom disintegrated again. The Mongolian tribes that had been suppressed by the Liao Kingdom were liberated in an instant, and soon they would be unified in mutual attacks, and then the Mongolian Kingdom was established, looking down on the world.

At that time, the Kingdom of Jin will not be able to stop it, the Kingdom of Xixia will not be able to stop it, the Kingdom of Jing will not be able to stop it, Tubo, Dali, Bai Di, many countries in the Arab world, Russian countries, and European countries will not be able to stop it.
This is the real crisis that is coming, and no one can see this crisis now.

Not to mention the Eastern countries, the Arab world is busy fighting against Europe, the Crusaders and the Muslins are fighting around the Holy City of the Three Religions, Jerusalem, and no one will pay attention to the Mongolian tribes who are in a corner and constantly fighting among themselves, waiting for them to notice , it was too late.

"What are you thinking, absent-minded?" Wei Yubai asked.

Li Xingzhou regained his senses, and said stinkingly, "Thinking about the world's major events."

"My lord, come to think about it, it's reasonable." Wei Yubai nodded.

"My lord, I'm not talented, but I think it's up to you to think about it. Those who can do it are the blessings of all the people and the luck of the country." Shen Lin took the conversation and said bluntly: "Think about the defeat in the south this spring, Thinking about the turmoil in the court before, if the prince doesn't want to worry about major events in the world, the world may be in chaos that day."

Li Xingzhou was taken aback, I'm pretending to be tough, where are you all going?
"My lord, I used to claim to be the number one expert in the capital. Since I was a child, I refused to obey anyone except my brother, but now my subordinates serve my lord, and I also want to make contributions with my lord." Wei Li also took over the words: "It's a pity that Shangzhi personally guards, defending the saint and the emperor." , the responsibility is in the body.

But if one day, both of them can get what they want, and this life will not be in vain. "

"The more you talk, the further you go." Li Xingzhou waved his hand.

Wei Yubai said: "My lord thinks it's far away, but I don't think it's far away at all, it's just within reach."

The distance to reach out. Li Xingzhou was absent-minded, repeating this sentence in his heart.

The brigade stopped in the city, and his father-in-law, Wang Tong, brought all the officials of Ningjiang Mansion to greet him in person, prepared a banquet of drinks and drinks, and rewarded the sergeants.

The brigade of government servants came to take over more than 900 captives. Li Xingzhou thought about it and let these people live in the outer courtyard of Tubi Mountain Villa.

Most of the rest of these people are old and weak women and children, women accounted for [-]% of them, and many of the older ones froze to death on the road and were buried directly in the woods beside the road. Li Xingzhou had no choice but to take them out. These old people would still Frozen to death, and probably more to come.

The reason why he took them away was largely because Fox Mountain City was in ruins, and they couldn't survive the cold winter months. He planned to bring these people back to the palace and fill them in various workshops, especially the perfume workshops that needed skilled female workers.

Everyone was going to the banquet, and he took advantage of convenience to come to the courtyard. Many women and children backed away in fright when they saw him.

The camp of the new army was naturally warm, but Li Xingzhou looked around and found that they had nothing to eat.

He beckoned to the yamen servant next to him: "Go to your prefect and ask him to send two thousand cakes and fifty barrels of broth."

"Yes!" The yamen servant took the order.

Li Xingzhou just looked at these people like this. They all backed away like frightened rabbits, not daring to look at him.About half an hour later, when his hands and feet started to feel cold, more than fifty boys in green clothes finally came to report with sacks and barrels.

Li Xingzhou opened the sack and took a look at the wooden barrel. The broth was clear, with no meat, not much oil and water. At most, he could smell the smell of meat.

The pancakes were not the meat pies eaten by the soldiers outside, but just ordinary noodle pancakes, but to these people, they were no different from delicacies from mountains and seas. Their eyes were full of longing, they looked at him eagerly, and kept swallowing.

"This king knows that you are afraid of me." Li Xingzhou said: "However, it is not easy to survive in such a situation. From now on, you will be my things, don't starve to death.

Two cakes and one bowl of soup per person.There are not enough bowls, so drink the ones in front of you quickly, use them for the next ones, sleep after eating, don't think about escaping, this king has plenty of means. "

(End of this chapter)