The rise of the prince

Chapter 599 The Wheel of History (with Popular Science) + Desperate Situation

The heavy rain was getting heavier, Li Xingzhou did not go to the harem to meet the emperor, but moved a chair, sat in front of the yamen, frowning and meditating.

The icy rain curtain along the tile ditch hit his feet, but he still didn't notice it.

The cruelty of this era was unimaginable to him, and he didn't feel chills until he experienced it himself and happened to him.

In modern times, living in China, with three or five lives in his hands, he is regarded as a heinous person, everyone despises and everyone fears.

Therefore, when he first countered the rebellion in the south, he witnessed the death of tens of thousands of people, and the corpses were piled up to form a mountain of corpses, and it was only when the Lengfengqing River was completely stained with blood that he understood the cruelty of this era for the first time. .

But he knew that it could be more cruel. The Jin people are actually pretty good. At least apart from wars and looting, they have the concept of ruling over ordinary people. This is why the Jin people can destroy the most powerful country in the north in a short time. The reason for the Liao Kingdom.

But large-scale wars inevitably lead to death, massacres, and looting, and tens of thousands of people are at every turn.

The Kingdom of Jin has always been rooted in the Liaodong generation. It was ruled by the Han Dynasty from the Han Dynasty and was also deeply influenced by the culture of the Central Plains. Therefore, after the Jin army took control of the Central Plains, it claimed that it was the orthodox Chinese, and the Southern Song Dynasty was a barbarian in the south.

And the real brutality is yet to come, the rise of Mongolia.

In fact, Mongolia’s fight on the Eastern Front was not easy, it was very hard work, and Mongolia’s three western expeditions to the east were not of interest to them, so in fact, few people in the Chinese cultural circle understand the horror of the Mongolian civilization destroyer.

But one thing is certain, the number of direct and indirect deaths must be hundreds of millions!
This concept is difficult for many people to imagine, but this is history. Human beings have never been a white lotus virgin. As long as the animal nature in the blood is out of control, they can do anything.

In World War II, all mankind paid 1.9 million deaths, all of which were done by humans.

Mongolia went on three expeditions to the west, destroying Central Asia, the Arab world, Russian countries, and Eastern European countries were all ravaged. Those who died were killed, and those who survived were also maimed. The population dropped very seriously, but it was impossible to count. At that time, only Europe The population has dropped by tens of millions, but it cannot be completely attributed to Mongolia, because it is still catching up with the Black Death.

The battlefield on the eastern front is the most brutal and bloody, and it is also the most difficult. It only took more than 20 years for Mongolia to go west three times, but the eastern battlefield is the battle of the century.

It took 21 years to destroy Xixia. The population of Xixia was close to 600 million and only about 180 million remained after the war. 80.00% of the population died directly or indirectly in the war.

And Mongolia’s greatest enemy, the Kingdom of Jin, has experienced brutal massacres. Kublai Khan himself estimated that he (and his army) slaughtered 800 million people in the territory of the Kingdom of Jin. After 23 years of war between Mongolia and the Kingdom of Jin, Originally, there were more than 4581 million people in the Kingdom of Jin. By 1234, after the Mongols destroyed the Jin Dynasty, the population was only 475 million. 90.00% of the people died directly or indirectly in the war.
This kind of tradition in the West, in Xixia, and in the Jin Dynasty was also brought to the Southern Song Dynasty by the Mongols. At that time, the Southern Song Dynasty became the first time in human history because of the popularity of Champa rice and the development of commerce and trade. It was highly prosperous and its population exceeded [-] million. An empire with a population of over [-] million.

However, due to various reasons, internal fighting, external wars with the Kingdom of Jin, etc., many years later, when the Southern Song Dynasty and Mongolia really started the war, the Southern Song Dynasty had a population of more than 6000 million.

At first, Mongolia still practiced the fine tradition of slaughtering wherever it went, but soon discovered that the resilience and fighting will of the Southern Song people were beyond imagination. After fighting for nearly 40 years, they were still deadlocked.

Mongolia had no choice but to change its strategy, implement a soft policy, reuse the Han generals who surrendered, and ensure the safety of all the soldiers and civilians of the city bureau who surrendered, and the situation finally began to improve.

In the end, after 45 years, Mongolia finally perished in the Northern Song Dynasty. Compared with the Jingkang disaster created by the Jin people, the murderous Mongols treated the Song royal family members kindly.

However, during the 45-year long war, the population of the Southern Song Dynasty also decreased from more than 6000 million to 800 million. More than 1000 million people died in the war directly or indirectly. , Compared with the tragic situation in the Western battlefield, Xixia battlefield, Jin Kingdom battlefield, etc., it is much better.

But even so, this is beyond Li Xingzhou's imagination. In a long war with tens of millions of deaths, a country can be covered with corpses, bones are exposed in the wild, and the tragedy of no rooster crowing for thousands of miles is beyond his imagination.

But as far as leaving now, the general direction of history has surprisingly converged in one place. If he doesn't do anything, these are likely to become a reality in his lifetime.

Li Xinzhou tightly squeezed the hand guard of the official hat chair with four heads, and the veins in his hands were bulging.

The southward movement of the Jin people was not only a heavy blow to the Central Plains, but also the first step in the rise of Mongolia. In fact, in the early stage of the war between Mongolia and the Kingdom of Jin, the Kingdom of Jin always suppressed Mongolia.Li Xingzhou doesn’t know if there is such a person as Temujin now, but one thing is certain, if Temujin can comfortably unify the Mongolian tribes, the big reason is that the original kingdom of Liao State perished (the Mongolian tribes were previously surrendered to the Liao State ), while the Kingdom of Jin is not interested in the grasslands, and the Jurchens are more interested in the Central Plains.Mongolia lost its control, and Temujin was able to securely unify most Mongolian tribes.

Secondly, there is no Hetao area in Jingguo, and there is no horse factory in Liaodong, so the main force is heavy infantry. Heavy infantry can fight defensively, but they cannot compete with cavalry in field battles. Wearing these things on the body, ordinary people, not to mention fighting, can be exhausted and out of breath after a while.

Therefore, once the northern gateway Yanshan Mansion is lost, and the Jin Kingdom passes through the Qigou Pass and enters the Central Plains, the flat North China Plain will become an ideal battlefield for the Jin Kingdom's army to gallop across.

And if you want to defend according to the danger, you can only retreat to the south of the Huaihe River. The Huaihe River Basin is a natural danger to resist, so half of the country will be lost.

Do not let this happen under any circumstances!

Li Xingzhou stood up slowly, feeling extremely heavy pressure.

The general trend of history is like a rolling wheel, and he has encountered a turbulent historical turning point, the bloody collision of Western religions, the Crusades, the defense of Jerusalem by the Arabs, the rise of Eastern Mongolia, and the conquests and wars that have never been seen before or since. massacre.

For Jingguo, it is also at the crossroads of history, the most important ones are Yanshan Mansion in the east and Datong Mansion in the west.

Li Xingzhou sorted out his thoughts, removed some repetitive ones from the twelve battle reports, and finally picked out three, which were from the commanders of the three armies, and then went out with an umbrella.

Go to the outer hall.

The atmosphere in the entire Privy Council Yamen was dull, and there were a total of eight people, including several officials on duty and gatekeepers, waiting under the eaves of the gate.

"Is the prince going to see the emperor?" Someone asked.

Li Xingzhou nodded.

"We will go with the prince," they said.

He understands the good intentions of the people, the so-called law does not blame the people, it also has this effect in politics, the information is definitely not what the emperor wants to see, he may blame others when he is angry, it might be better to go together.

Furthermore, the defeat at the front line has something to do with the number of the Privy Council, but as for how much, it all depends on the emperor's will. It's just the disadvantages of the ancient monarchy's centralized power. , whoever is responsible.

Li Xingzhou shook his head: "It's okay, you don't need to go through this muddy water, don't worry, nothing will happen, I know it well."

"My lord." Everyone was grateful, and there was more to say, he interrupted: "You guys continue to be on duty, if you lose the battle, there will be more things for the Privy Council."

"Yes, my lord!" Everyone hesitated to speak, and slowly left one by one.

It was not far from the Privy Council to the Kunning Palace where the emperor lived, but today it was an extremely long walk, probably because of the rain.

When we arrived at the gate of Kunning Palace, the rain suddenly became lighter. Amid the pattering rain, more than a dozen eunuchs were using their brooms to sweep the water accumulated in the corner of the wall into the gutter, and their whole bodies were drenched.

This method treats the symptoms but not the root cause. The drainage ditch was not repaired well at the beginning, so it is useless to work hard now. Even if it is swept in, the sky will continue to fall, but the eunuchs obviously dare not stop working hard, they have no choice.

He was holding an umbrella, and in the sound of rain, he vaguely heard the sound of dancing and music across the wall. The Kunning Palace must be singing and dancing to promote peace, after all, the whole country is celebrating.

This made Li Xingzhou think of Song Huizong's farce again. He hurriedly chose Nanjing's name and declared it belonged to the Song Dynasty. As a result, he sent troops twice, each time with an army of 10,000+, and was defeated by the remnants of Liao. Song's family was almost wiped out, so it's not surprising that he faced the more powerful Jinren later.

History is always strikingly similar! Such a huge farce happened again in Jingguo, which should be ridiculed by the people of the world.

After a while, the eunuch who swept the water found him and reported him inside. After a while, the little eunuch Guilin came out and welcomed him in with a smile on his face.

Passing through the vibrant main courtyard, Li Xingzhou put away his umbrella under the eaves. Inside, there were court ladies playing music, and the emperor's laughter came. The other voice should belong to Concubine Tian.

Sigh, to say the worst thing when people are the happiest is to commit a crime. Li Xingzhou couldn't help but shook his head and stepped in.

Yang Hongzhao stood blankly at the top of Qigouguan City, looking at the north from a distance, his eyes were sunken, and the soldiers next to him were holding umbrellas for him, and Guo Yaoshi was also holding umbrellas, but it was raining heavily, and both of them were wet. in half.

Qigou Pass is very wide, at least more than ten feet. The long green brick city wall, with rammed earth in the middle, is more than one foot wide.

Qigou Pass is very inconspicuous, less dangerous than Juyong Pass and Shanhai Pass, and less important than Yumen Pass and Yanmen Pass. Because it is always the second, the second.

Those powerful dynasties in previous history books, the Han Dynasty and the Sui Dynasty, all used this as the second line of defense against foreigners in the north. The first line was Shanhaiguan, Juyongguan, Yanshan Mansion, and Datong Mansion.
However, Jing Dynasty, Yanshan Mansion, Datong Mansion, Juyongguan, and Shanhaiguan are all in the hands of the Liao Kingdom, and these dangers have become their obstacles.

Yang Hongzhao is also such a person, he will always be second, just like the Qigou Pass under his feet.

At first, because of Zhong Daoyu, Zhong Daoyu existed like the sun and the moon in the sky, and the stars could not compete with him. He was the only person whose martial arts were equal to the founding Taizu in the two hundred years since Jingguo was established.

In the past, there was Zhong Daoyu, no matter how hard Yang Hongzhao worked, no matter how successful he was, he was nothing but mediocrity in front of him.

Finally, Zhong Daoyu waited until he was old and had no energy to go to war. He became the oldest and most experienced veteran, and finally he was able to take command. There was a rebellion in Pingan Su Mansion. , it was his chance to climb up from the second line, but he met that pig of the prince!
In the end, the rebellion was over, and he was still the commander-in-chief, but it was King Pingnan who contributed the most.He didn't dare to criticize the prince, after all, the prince at that time was the future emperor, what could he do?

God gave him a second chance, and that was the Northern Expedition to the Liao Kingdom. After all, the emperor was worried about the foreign general, so he still let him take command. This is another rare and great opportunity!
结果
He pursued his life and helped him many times. The prudence that allowed him to win consecutive battles from a young leader all the way became the biggest source of this fiasco. He sighed, and the world is impermanent.

If he had been aggressive and decisive, had dared to take risks, ignored the danger of being ambushed by the remaining two armies of the Liao Kingdom, and rushed northward to join the vanguard of the surprise attack, he would not have suffered a disastrous defeat today. There is nothing to do.

But if there is no if, the failure is not the most heartbreaking thing for him, but also his own son Yang Jianye, a reckless and sensible boy, the pillar of his life who has lived under others but has never been discouraged. There is no news.

In the past, he always thought that Zhong Daoyu was better than him, but he didn't have such a good son, but now
Looking around, north of Qishanguan, there is only a vast rain curtain, the gray earth, and mud puddles everywhere, but there is no one.

He heard from Guo Yaoshi that the night when Yelu Dashi led the army back to attack was dangerous. He heard that because Yang Hu had fled beforehand, the west gate was not guarded, the Liao army rushed in, Yang Jianye fell into a deadly situation with the enemy on his back, and there was no one in the chaos. People can survive.

But he still didn't believe it, he waited here every day for sixteen days in a row, but he didn't see the familiar figure.

"If I hadn't run away that night, maybe General Yang would have come back." Guo Yaoshi said sadly in the rain.

"I don't blame you, what a hundred people can do, they die in vain," Yang Hongzhao said.

Guo Yaoshi put down his umbrella, with a sad expression on his face: "I'm not talking about this. The damned live well, and the damned die. What's the reason, what's in the world."

"It's not sure, he might not." Yang Hongzhao insisted, his lips trembling, he didn't dare to say that word.

"I knew he was dead a long time ago. There are hundreds of them, and there are bright torches in front and back. No one can survive." Guo Yaoshi was drenched in the heavy rain, and said loudly: "I just don't think it's worth it. A young one A man who understood righteousness and fought the enemy bravely, but he died.

Bullying the weak and fearing the strong, Yang Hu, who had fled the city early, was picked up by his father early on, fearing what would happen to him!
As soon as he entered the city, he wanted to plunder the people, and Tong Guan, who was so greedy and caused riots among the people, now eats and drinks in the big tent every day, it looks like he has lost a battle!
If it weren't for them, how could General Yang die!How can Nanjing City be lost! "

The more Guo Yaoshi talked, the more indignant he became, the more he experienced those bloody battles and choices, the more he sighed for Yang Jianye, a young general who understood righteousness and was brave and strong, and the sorrow of his untimely death tortured Guo Yaoshi all the time , he repeatedly suggested that the coach Yang Hongzhao deal with the two, but Yang Hongzhao was very cautious, even if his son died, he would not dare.

Yang Hu is the son of Yang Wenguang, Yang Wenguang's Taiyuan prefect led the military commander of the Sanjiao, Tong Guan was the commander of the infantry of the guards, and was one of the officials of the Sanya along with Yang Hongzhao.

"I said I didn't know yet!" Yang Hongzhao finally couldn't help shouting, and couldn't help crying anymore
Outside the Qigou pass, it was raining heavily, and many heroic souls were buried outside the pass.

Yang Hongzhao was already desperate, sitting on his buttocks in the rain, not only his son's death, but also he didn't know what to do next, externally it was like a war, internally how to deal with the relationship, internally and externally was a dead end.

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