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Chapter 623 0620 [Clear the emperor's side and punish the treacherous! ]

[Don’t dare to move. If you move, your country will be destroyed! ]

Thousands of years ago, when Fu Jiezi beheaded the King of Loulan and shouted this sentence, there was a big man standing behind him.

A thousand years later, Ma Kuoxi followed the story of the sage and shouted the same sentence, because the great Qi army stood behind him.

Five thousand elite naval forces are ready for battle. Judging by the time, they should have arrived outside Kaifeng City by now.

Although there were still 18,000 Goryeo imperial guards stationed outside the royal city, Ma Kuo had absolute confidence in the Qi army.

The power of this sentence was too great, coupled with Ma Kuo's momentum, a group of imperial guards were so frightened that they dared not step forward. They looked at each other and then looked at Tuo Junjing for help.

"What nonsense!"

Tuo Junjing raised his halberd and pointed it at Ma Kuo from a distance, shouting angrily, "You pretended to be an envoy from a higher country and assassinated the Duke of Goryeo. Your crime is unforgivable. Capture them!"

The moment Li Ziqian was beheaded just now, his mind truly went blank.

But soon, a feeling of ecstasy surged from the depths of my heart.

Li Ziqian died, and he had the military power in his hands. He only needed to take over Li Ziqian's political legacy to seize power.

As for the envoys from the superior country, they could be killed at will. Could it be that the superior country would really declare war on Goryeo just for a mere envoy?

At that time, all we need to do is to respectfully apologize to His Majesty and give him more gold, silver and beauties, and the matter will be over.

Wang Jian can sit on this throne, but I, Tuo Junjing, can’t?

Ma Kuo shouted, "Tuo Junjing, do you want to go to war with my Great Qi?"

As soon as these words were spoken, all the Goryeo officials panicked.

Going to war with the Celestial Empire is what they least want to see.

Not to mention whether they can win, once the war breaks out, maritime trade and exchanges will inevitably be cut off, and their losses will be huge.

You know, these powerful people not only admire the Central Plains culture, but their families also maintain close business relations with the Central Plains.

Jin Duan trembled and advised: "Think twice, Prime Minister Tuo."

"Yes."

"There must be some misunderstanding here. Why bother using knives and guns when you can sit down and talk it out?"

"What Minister Li said makes sense. Our two countries are neighbors, so we must not hurt the relationship."

"..."

Seeing Jin Duan speak, the other officials came to their senses and tried to dissuade him.

Tuo Junjing ignored the officials' dissuasion and ordered the imperial guards, "Why don't you take action?"

Hearing this, the originally hesitant imperial guards stepped forward again with guns.

"stop!"

At this moment, a loud shout rang out in the hall.

The person who spoke was Wang Kai. He held up the jade tablet and said in a loud voice, "My relative Li Ziqian colluded with the Jin barbarians and intended to rebel. I secretly contacted His Majesty and sent an angel to help me eliminate the traitor. Why don't you leave immediately?"

How could Wang Kai let go of such a godsend opportunity?

Ma Kuo turned his head and looked at Wang Kai with admiration.

This young king of Goryeo actually had some courage and quick wit.

No matter what, Wang Kai was the king of Goryeo. The Wang family of Goryeo had been passed down for seventeen generations, for more than two hundred years, and had long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Therefore, as Wang Kai stood up, the imperial guards stopped again.

There was a flash of panic in Tuo Junjing's eyes. He had not expected that Wang Kai, a young boy, would stand up at this time and disrupt his plans.

Wang Kai continued to persuade them to surrender, saying: "You are my personal guards, but you were deceived by the treacherous villains for a while. If you abandon the dark and join the light, I will forgive you for your past."

More than a hundred imperial guards looked conflicted, not knowing what to choose.

Clang!
Tuo Junjing snatched the sword from a guard and pulled it out.

Pointing a knife at Ma Kuo, his eyes were full of madness, and he shouted: "The king has been deceived by treacherous officials. Even if you put down your weapons, you will not be able to escape death. Follow me to clear the emperor's side, punish the treacherous officials, make him a king and prime minister, and give titles to my wife and children. This is all in one go!"

Wang Kai's words not only completely disrupted Tuo Junjing's plan, but also forced him into a desperate situation.

If you just sit there and wait for death, you will inevitably die.

It's a death sentence anyway, so I might as well give it a try.

"Park Imsu!"

Taku Junjing roared.

A lieutenant immediately clasped his fists and said, "I'm here!"

Tuo Junjing ordered: "You must immediately seal off the palace, not letting even a fly escape, and personally go to the military camp, holding this tiger talisman to dispatch the imperial guards into the city."

"I accept my order from my humble position!"

Park Renxu took the tiger talisman and immediately turned around and left the hall.

Today's incident happened suddenly, and there are only a few hundred imperial guards on duty in the palace. Just in case, dispatching the imperial guards into the city is the safest option.

"kill!"

After making all the arrangements, Tuo Junjing, holding a steel knife, took the lead and rushed straight towards Ma Kuo.

The imperial guards hesitated for a moment, then rushed forward with guns, roaring.

"King Bohai, retreat quickly!"

Ma Kuo's expression remained unchanged. After giving a reminder, he used his sword to block the steel knife that was coming at him.

when!
The two knives collided, and sparks flew.

Feeling the severe pain coming from the base of his palm, Tuo Junjing was shocked.

He knew that Ma Kuo was skilled in martial arts, but he did not expect that despite his seemingly skinny body, his strength was not weaker than his.

Ma Kuo flipped his wrist and the steel knife drew a semicircle in the air, instantly turning from defense to offense, with the tip of the knife rising from bottom to top at a tricky angle.

Tuo Junjing reacted extremely quickly and immediately took a step back, narrowly avoiding the knife.

Before he could stand firm, a kick came towards his chest.

As soon as Tuo Junjing raised his arms, the official boots hit him. The huge force made him step back several steps and fall on his back.

Ma Kuo did not dare to fight and pulled Wang Kai away and ran away.

It’s not that he cares about Wang Kai’s life, but Wang Kai can’t die now.

Wang Kai looked flustered. He didn't expect that Tuo Junjing would dare to do such a heinous thing. He followed Ma Kuo in panic and fled out of the hall.

At this moment, the entire hall was in chaos.

The Goryeo ministers ran around the hall like headless flies.

"Is General Tuo alright?"

Tuo Junjing endured the severe pain in his chest and was helped up by a group of imperial guards. His face was livid as he said, "Block the hall and don't let anyone go. Bring two more teams and follow me to kill the traitors."

After saying that, he led more than fifty imperial guards to chase and kill Wang Kai.

While running wildly, Wang Kai said in fear: "Tuo Junjing is crazy, he dared to kill the king."

"A desperate dog will jump over the wall."

Ma Kuo said in a deep voice.

In a panic, Wang Kai said, "Quick, escape from the palace."

"inappropriate."

As soon as he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Ma Kuo, "Tuo Junjing has ordered his men to block the palace gate. There is no way out of the palace now. The best plan now is to delay time and wait for our Great Qi navy to come to our aid. Only then will there be a glimmer of hope."

Hearing this, Wang Kai's eyes lit up: "The navy of the upper country is here?"

"Yes, last night I ordered my navy to rush to Kaijing..."

boom!
Before Ma Kuo could finish his words, he heard a loud noise coming from the east.

artillery!

Ma Kuo showed joy on his face: "The navy is here."

Wang Kai felt as if he had grabbed the last straw and was delighted.

"King Bohai, you are most familiar with this palace. Is there any place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack?" Ma Kuo asked.

"Easy to defend and difficult to attack?"

This question stumped Wang Kai.

"Clear the emperor's side and punish the treacherous and corrupt officials!" At this moment, Tuo Junjing's loud roar came from behind.

Wang Kai was so frightened that his soul flew out of his body. His mind raced, and he suddenly said, "I've missed a place. Come with me."

……

After rushing to Kaijing without stopping, Li Nanjia led his troops in a surprise attack without even waiting for the warships to meet up.

It was a surprise attack, and with the help of firearms, the Goryeo imperial guards were captured with almost no effort.

Of course, Goryeo's total military strength was more than just this number, but amounted to 150,000. However, apart from the imperial guards guarding Kaesong, the remaining troops were stationed at the Great Wall in the north to guard against invasion by the Jin army.

Don’t think that 150,000 troops are too few. You should know that Goryeo had a total of only over 2 million people.

There are more than two million people, or about 500,000 households, which means that one male in every three households is serving in the military.

In ancient times, due to the limitations of productivity, it took at least five households to provide a soldier with weapons, food, clothing and other necessities.

In the Central Plains, once the ratio falls below this level, the people will be unable to afford it and will rise up in rebellion.

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In a normal dynasty, the ratio of military to civilians would generally be controlled at above 1:10, with more than ten households of civilians supporting one soldier.

Why did the Zhao Song Dynasty persist for more than 160 years despite repeated defeats in foreign wars?
Because the demographic dividend is too huge.

The total number of the Zhao Song imperial guards and garrison troops was one million, but the number of civilians exceeded 100 million. In other words, almost 25 households supported one soldier.

This ratio is unique in all dynasties.

Even during the Kaiyuan Period of Prosperity, only one soldier was supported by eighteen households in the Tang Dynasty.

Moreover, the Zhao Song Dynasty had a large area of ​​arable land, advanced agricultural tools, and introduced Champa rice, which greatly improved productivity compared to the Sui and Tang Dynasties.

This gave the Zhao Song Dynasty a very high tolerance for error. Unless it was completely killed with one blow, it would undoubtedly lose if it dragged into a protracted war.

This is how Western Xia was destroyed.

Boom!

With a loud bang, the city gate of Kaijing, along with the heavy gate, was shattered into pieces by the bombardment of artillery.

Li Nanjia waved his hand and said, "Shield soldiers, lead the way and enter the city!"

The Qi army entered the city!
However, the Korean people in the city looked confused.

The envoys from the upper country had just arrived to enthrone the king, so why did the heavenly soldiers come to attack right after? Why?
Moreover, after entering the city, the Qi troops did not burn, kill, loot, or threaten or intimidate. Instead, they simply ignored them and went straight to the palace.

The imperial guards who were responsible for blocking the palace gate saw a large number of soldiers coming from afar and thought that it was the imperial guards who entered the city.

But after walking in, his expression suddenly changed.

The leading captain plucked up his courage and asked loudly, stammering, "Who are you?"

Li Nanjia didn't answer at all, but just waved.

The next moment, the artillery immediately pushed three field guns to the front of the formation.

Loading propellant, filling bullets and adjusting the muzzle angle are all done in one go, smoothly and fluidly.

"fire!"

Boom boom boom!
After three loud bangs, the palace gate turned into sawdust, with dozens of corpses of Goryeo imperial guards scattered on the ground.

"Run!"

After a brief moment of unconsciousness, the remaining Goryeo imperial guards were frightened and ran away.

"King Qin enters the palace!"

Li Nanjia, holding a saber, rushed into the palace first.

……

"Useless! A bunch of useless! Kill them all!"

There was resentment in the palace, and Tuo Junjing was almost like a madman, waving his sword and roaring with red eyes.

More than fifty imperial guards were blocked for a quarter of an hour by Ma Kuo and a group of weak scholars.

It's simply a shame and a shame.

In front of him was a high platform made of rammed earth. For the sake of beauty, various strange stones were piled on all sides of the platform. There was only one staircase leading to the top of the platform.

A pavilion was built on the top of the platform.

This high platform is called the Moon Viewing Platform, and it was built by King Sukjong of Goryeo in imitation of the moon platform in the Zhao Song Imperial Palace.

However, the platform in the Bianjing Imperial Palace is twenty meters high and fifty meters wide, which is magnificent. In the center of the top of the platform, there is a water-powered astronomical observatory, which is the culmination of thousands of years of Chinese engineering, science, mathematics, and astronomy!

It is far beyond the small mound in front of us.

But it was this small mound that helped Ma Kuo and others a lot.

Ma Kuo held a steel knife in his hand and stood alone on the steps. Wang Kai and other envoys set up desks and wooden boards as shields and gathered on both sides of Ma Kuo.

When people are in desperate situations, they can always unleash great potential.

Because of this, they, with only seven or eight people, repelled several attacks from Tuo Junjing.

But they paid a heavy price for this.

Ma Kuo was covered in wounds, and blood soaked through his official uniform and dripped down the hem of his clothes.

Wang Kai was hit by an arrow in the chest and lay on the ground wailing.

The rest of the envoys were also injured.

Seeing that Ma Kuo and others were at the end of their strength, Tuo Junjing, holding a steel knife, rushed up the stairs again at the lead.

He quickly climbed to the top of the stairs and started slashing with his knife.

Ma Kuo subconsciously raised his tiger-wing sword to block, but after fighting for a long time and losing too much blood, he was no longer able to maintain his strength.

when!
But with a crisp sound, the tiger-wing knife in Ma Kuo's hand was knocked away and fell to the ground.

Tuo Junjing immediately followed up with a kick, and Ma Kuo flew backwards into the pavilion and fell heavily to the ground.

"Ah."

Tuo Junjing held a steel knife in his hand and stepped into the pavilion with a grim smile.

After glancing at Wang Kai, who was pale and wailing, and then looking at Ma Kuo who was lying on the ground, Tuo Junjing felt extremely happy.

After chopping down an envoy who tried to escape with one blow of his sword, he slowly walked forward and stepped on the chest of Ma Kuo who was struggling to stand up.

"Angel from the Kingdom, I will lend you your head today. As a token of my gratitude, I will offer sacrifices to you every year in the future."

Tuo Junjing said this and slowly raised the steel knife in his hand.

Whoosh whoosh!
Suddenly, there were sounds of breaking wind.

Then, a shrill wailing sound was heard.

Strong crossbow!

No, an ordinary powerful crossbow would never make such a harsh sound of breaking wind.

This sudden change startled Tuo Junjing. Before he could turn around, he heard the sound of breaking wind behind his head again.

After all, Tuo Junjing was a military commander who crawled out from a pile of dead bodies, so his reaction was quick and he rolled over on the spot.

I saw a long and narrow saber slashing through the place where he had just fought.

The force and power are so great that it is shocking.

The attack missed, and Li Nanjia moved his feet quickly, lightly and agilely, twisting his waist. The saber in his hand drew a residual image in the air, and chopped down on the head with the momentum of splitting Mount Hua.

when!
Tuo Junjing quickly stood up and blocked with his sword.

Li Nanjia held the hilt of the long sword with both hands, one in front and one behind, and coordinated his shoulders and hips, elbows and knees, hands and feet. He exerted force with all three, and chopped continuously with the saber like a storm.

What a powerful sword technique!
Tuo Junjing was terrified, feeling sabers coming at him from all directions, and he was in a very awkward position trying to block them.

Li Nanjia seized the opportunity and knocked the steel knife out of Tuo Junjing's hand with one blow. Then he twisted his waist again and slashed through with his saber, making a terrifying sound of breaking wind.

puff!

Tuo Junjing's movements froze, and he was cut in half.

The saber, also known as the Mo Dao, was used specifically to restrain grassland cavalry during the Tang Dynasty and was not used by anyone other than the bravest warriors in the army.

In battle formation, both men and horses can be cut off together.

Li Nanjia wiped the blood that splattered on his face and said, "I am late, please forgive me, Minister Ma."

(End of this chapter)