Chapter 789 Ran Min? Shi Min?
Tianjin is rich, so the palace is naturally magnificent. From Zhao Yingluo's name, we can tell that her father is a Buddhist.
The Tianjin Palace is grand in a unique way. Buddha statues and murals are everywhere in the palace. Countless statues of Buddha, Bodhisattva and Arhat are reflected on the walls, and gold powder is applied on them, making them look sacred.
This solemn and majestic place is now covered in blood. In front of the palace, there are ten figures like iron towers, holding broad swords, wearing armor, and charging forward with their blades brandished. Luo Jialan and Zhao Yingluo follow behind them, and more than 300 people behind them all have fanatical expressions, clearing out the palace guards who have not yet reacted.
Zhao Yingluo and others walked straight into King Tianjin's bedroom. King Tianjin naturally wanted to escape, so Zhao Yingluo approached with a sword in hand. King Tianjin said in horror, "I am your uncle, I am the king of Tianjin, you can't kill me!"
Zhao Yingluo didn't waste any words. She went straight forward and beheaded him with a sword. Red blood splashed on her skirt. As the cold wind leaked in from the door, she chopped off the head of King Tianjin and held it in her hand. She looked around and asked the maid coldly, "Where is the traitor's offspring?"
Zhao Yingluo knew that this King Tianjin had four sons and three daughters. Two of the sons had been killed when she was in power because they offended her, and one daughter was married to a country in the Western Regions. The remaining four were still young and must be in the palace.
The maid pointed to the back hall, and Zhao Yingluo walked into the inner hall carrying the sword and the head. She saw the previous king's children hugging each other and shivering, their eyes full of fear and despair.
Zhao Yingluo did not hesitate. She raised her sword and the four men fell to the ground. She threw down the head of King Tianjin and said sternly, "Take all five heads out and tell them that the traitor is dead. Tell them that I have returned and obeyed King Su's order to ascend the throne of Tianjin. Let them all kneel outside the door. Those who surrender will be spared!"
The soldiers quickly cut off the heads of the little prince and princess, then picked up the king's head and hurried out. The ministers who followed Zhao Yingluo all knelt on the ground, not daring to even breathe. There was fatigue between Zhao Yingluo's brows, but soon only coldness and determination remained. Luo Jialan watched all this scene in silence, standing beside Zhao Yingluo, holding her hand.
"Go and fetch my most solemn crown and robes. Keep them here until dawn. When the sun rises, announce my return and the submission of all my subjects to the entire Tianjin Kingdom."
The night will breed darkness and desires in people's hearts. Zhao Yingluo will not meet the ministers at night. She wants those who are willing to surrender to kneel down until dawn tomorrow. Such a heavy immersion cost can help them strengthen their choice.
The shouting and screaming outside the palace continued until midnight. Some people had to resist because Zhao Yingluo would not give them a chance to live, but there were not many such people.
The next day, when the warm light emerged, Zhao Yingluo received the ministers in the palace. The ministers looked at the former regent princess who had caused a bloody storm in the palace as soon as she returned with complicated eyes, and now the King Tianjin who was wearing a crown and holding a scepter!
Zhao Yingluo gently placed the scepter covered with gold and jade on the ground and said loudly, "Don't you recognize me?
Those who should have been killed last night have all been killed. The fact that you are standing here means that I no longer care about the past. No matter what role you played in the death of my brother, it is no longer important.
Today, when this king ascended the throne, he issued his first decree: All citizens of Tianjin Kingdom aged sixteen and above and fifty-five and below, as well as passing garrison soldiers, were to be sent to control the sale of food, ironware, and horses.
The Xianbei are aggressive and are about to invade our country. I will mobilize the entire Tianjin army and fight the Xianbei to the death!"
The ministers guessed that Zhao Yingluo wanted to fight to the death with the Xianbei people. After all, the Xianbei people burned down the temple. She ascended the throne in the name of the high priest of the temple, so naturally she had to fight a bloody battle with the Xianbei.
Zhao Yingluo's return and cleansing naturally caused many people to flee in panic. These people basically defected to the Xianbei. Although the Xianbei nobles did not want to go to war with the temple again, Zhao Yingluo's speech in Tianjin had already put her on the opposite side of the Xianbei, so this battle had to be fought.
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The vast grassland was boundless, and the army was marching in an orderly manner. Murong Chengguang was sitting in the middle of the army. When they reached the river, they suddenly saw a rider rushing over. The general in the camp unfolded the letter and was immediately struck by lightning. He turned the letter over and over and asked in disbelief, "You said that a sixteen-year-old boy defeated my vanguard camp and killed three of my generals? Did you leave your name?"
"He said his name is Shi Min!"
Shi Min?
Murong Chengguang kept repeating the name, and then thought of a person, Shi Le!
Even though he lived in the Central Plains, Shi Le had heard that this man's background was extremely low. It was said that he had once been a slave and could not read or write.
But being born in a humble family has never been a shame, and there are heroes among slaves. Shi Le is a real hero. Although he was born in a humble family, he fought bravely and strived to get ahead.
Most wild Hu people are cruel and murderous, not because of their nature, but because they believe in the law of the jungle.
The same was true in the Central Plains before the emergence of the Zhou Dynasty, but Shi Le was not born bloodthirsty.
Most of the leaders of the Xianbei Xia Kingdom had more contact with the Yan Kingdom and were more Sinicized.
Shi Le was appreciated for this, and he was also a leader among the more Sinicized Hu people in Liaodong.
Under the prevailing Xianbei situation, he was able to become the leader of a region without being a Xianbei. One can imagine his ability.
Murong Chengguang had naturally heard of his name, but he had never thought that there would be a day when he would have to face him.
Murong Chengguang once thought that his opponent would be Yan Hui, but Yan Hui died in the Western Regions. Unexpectedly, Shi Le would appear in front of him and gave him a big scare.
After the death of the Xianbei Chanyu Yan Hui, the Xia Kingdom fell into a brief period of chaos. Although many tribes still respected the orthodoxy of the Xianbei Yan clan, many of them temporarily became independent and waited to see how things would develop. Shi Le was one of them.
When Murong Chengguang learned that his vanguard camp was destroyed, he immediately became extremely alert. His achievements over the years were not only based on his fighting ability, the most important thing was to be cautious.
Shi Min is only in his teens, but he never underestimates these young talents. He himself became famous in Liaodong when he was a teenager, and he knows best how strong these fledgling young talents are.
After Shi Le learned that Shi Min had defeated Yan's vanguard camp of 4,000 people with only 1,000 men, he summoned Shi Min seriously for the first time. Shi Min was sixteen years old, but he was tall and majestic, almost grown to the size of an adult. Standing there, he was like a mountain. Anyone who saw him knew that he must be a fierce general with a domineering aura.
The more Shi Le watched, the more he liked it. He patted Shi Min on the shoulder and asked, "My dear son and grandson, how much meat can you eat in one meal?"
Shi Min said in a thunderous voice, clasping his fists proudly: "Grandfather Great, you can eat ten kilograms of meat!"
Shi Le really couldn't sit still this time. Ten pounds of meat, is this still a human being?
He asked in surprise, "Ten jin? Is he really Xiang Yu reincarnated? Can he defeat a hundred people?"
Upon hearing this, Shi Hu, Shi Min's grandfather, said proudly: "Uncle, let alone a hundred people, my grandson can defeat a thousand with one man, and even tens of thousands of enemies in the past dynasties. Perhaps Lü Fengxian is not his opponent, only Zhang Julu can fight."
Zhang Julu.
The leader of the Taiping Dao, Tianyi Dao, conquered everyone in the world with his force and was invincible. Even the King of Jin, Lu Fengxian, who would later become invincible, had to besiege him with Guan Yu and others, but they could not defeat him.
Although Shi Le did not believe it, he already knew that Shi Min was truly a match for ten thousand men. He laughed loudly and said, "With my great-grandson here, how can we not win?
It will not be easy for Murong Chengguang to cross the border. Come with me to meet Murong Chengguang and see his Yan cavalry. Also, inform the Xianbei tribes that we cannot resist the Yan invasion alone."
More than 10,000 troops of the Shi tribe, led by Shi Le, met the left wing army of the Yan State at the Laer River. At that time, most of the Shi tribe were cavalry, with a few infantry, and quite a few armored soldiers among the soldiers. The troops were lined up in neat battle array, and the Yan army was even more ready to go. As soon as the scouts learned the news, they had already begun to line up.
The two armies were not close to each other and were looking at each other from afar. Shi Le, in particular, was a little hesitant when he looked at the left wing army of Yan. The neat army was like towering mountains. Although the left wing army was not the main force of Yan, it still had 20,000 soldiers, which was a bit daunting.
Shi Hu saw Shi Le's worry. Although he was cruel, he was not stupid. On the contrary, he was very smart. Otherwise, Shi Le would not have valued him. He smiled and said, "Grandson, lead a thousand cavalrymen to challenge the Yan army. Let your great-uncle see your strength."
Shi Min responded loudly upon hearing this and immediately rode his horse forward excitedly. He was a natural war maniac and was inexplicably excited when he could kill people without restraint on the battlefield.
Looking at Shi Min's forward figure, Shi Le turned to look at Shi Hu, who smiled and said, "Uncle, I think we can just assemble all the armored cavalry and hand them over to Shi Min for command.
Murong Chengguang will regret his decision to divide his troops. A mere 20,000 men, including only two or three thousand wearing armor, dared to appear in front of our army.
His vision is really too short-sighted. He will know what it means to be an enemy of ten thousand people."
While the two were talking, Shi Min had already led hundreds of armored cavalry and hundreds of light cavalry to charge forward. The light cavalry, which were pure archers, would harass first. Having been in the Xianbei army for so many years, the roundabout tactics had been ingrained in them.
The general of the Yan army was Murong Chengguang's younger brother. He made what might be the most wrong decision in his life. He decided to play it safe for the time being and send out an army with 5,000 men.
Then he saw a scene that was hard for him to imagine. After a brief detour, Shi Min led hundreds of armored cavalry to attack fiercely. The Yan army was obviously very elite, but it was broken through by Shi Min's unstoppable force!
This scene was like an extremely sharp knife, completely splitting the surging waterfall. The waterfall could not close, but was completely split into two.
How could he know that Shi Min was a natural warrior, born into this world, and extremely terrifying in terms of fighting. In the game's setting, Shi Min's battle was the last battle of his life, in which he almost rushed forward to kill Murong Ke with ten times the number of people. There were not many people in history who had such a record of fighting head-on.
If we only talk about military strength, Shi Min can definitely be ranked in the top ten in history!
Shi Min led hundreds of armored cavalry and rushed past, almost instantly tearing through the blocking line of the Yan army. Shi Le, who was watching from behind, had his eyes wide open. He had risen from the bottom and was of course very brave, but he had never seen anyone at Shi Min's level. He thought that the ancient King Xiang was no more than this.
Shi Le did not hesitate and immediately sent his troops to follow up the charge. Shi Min started killing without caring at all. He did not even care whether the armored cavalry around him kept up or not. After easily breaking through the Yan army's line, he did not choose to turn around and kill all the Yan army that came to stop him, but continued to charge forward.
The battlefield instantly became a mess. The Yan army was certainly not a mob, and armored cavalry immediately stepped forward to intercept them.
Murong Chenglin realized that the unarmored cavalry were like paper in front of Shi Min, and only armored cavalry could stop them.
Then he made another huge mistake. All the armored cavalry of the Yan army carried iron chains. This was the experience gained from many years of fighting with the Han State. The Han State was famous throughout the world for its powerful military generals.
The best way to deal with these fierce generals is to link the cavalry with iron chains. No matter how strong a person is, he cannot break the iron chains by force alone. Today, the iron armor with the advancement of smelting technology is not comparable to that of Xiang Yu's era. Xiang Yu could break the shield, but it is not necessarily the case now.
However, since the death of that group of top generals, the iron chain has become useless. The biggest advantages of cavalry are flexibility and speed. With the addition of the iron chain, these two points will inevitably be lost, so this trick has not been used for a long time.
Murong Chenglin had never expected that in the ever-changing battlefield, any mistake could ruin a victory, especially when facing a general with a powerful military situation.
Shi Min was killing like crazy but not completely insane. It was impossible for him to use hundreds of armored cavalry to charge at the 20,000 cavalrymen who were in good formation.
The Yan army started to move, but it took time for the war horses to accelerate. The hundreds of armored cavalry who had just accelerated to both sides to encircle Shi Min, but Shi Le and others came so quickly and hastily that this dispersion temporarily weakened the defense of the central army.
Shi Min changed his mind instantly and led the assembled armored cavalry to charge directly at the central army's banner. No one could match him.
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"Twenty thousand soldiers died on the banks of the Laer River, Cheng Lin was killed in battle, and it was still the young general named Shi Min."
In the Yan army camp, Murong Chengguang was silent for a long time, then slowly announced the news to everyone. The camp was filled with silence.
Before the main force of Yan State encountered the Xianbei army, the Shi tribe alone caused the loss of more than 20,000 Yan soldiers and 3,000 armored cavalrymen, who were all Yan State's elite troops.
This kind of thing revealed something unusual. Murong Chengguang stroked the battle report in his hand, slowly stood up, walked out of the tent, and everyone followed him out.
Murong Chengguang looked at the azure sky with grief and asked slowly, "Where is Luo's army? I want to meet with Lord Zhao in person, so we don't need to march for the time being."
Luo You didn't expect Murong Chengguang to meet him, but after learning what the Yan army had encountered, he understood.
On the vast grassland, Luo You and Murong Chengguang met for the first time. Murong Chengguang was the only leader of various countries in the world who had met both Luo Chen and Luo You.
Murong Chengguang did not shy away from the topic. When he saw Luo You, he said directly, "Lord Zhao, I'm sure you've heard about what happened to our Yan State. This Shi Min is not easy to deal with. Lord Zhao, do you have any reforms to get rid of him?"
After learning about this, Luo You was not surprised at all. This was too reasonable. It was a manifestation of the prosperity of the Hu people. Yan Hui was a hero among the Hu people. After his death, there would still be heroes emerging among the Hu people. This was the destiny of the Hu people!
The Luo family paid a great price to kill Yan Hui, cutting off one tenth of the Hu people's destiny, but this could not prevent the emergence of Hu heroes.
As long as there is destiny, there will be endless geniuses emerging, just as the Qin Dynasty wanted to unify the world, so there were seven generations of wise rulers, and the Han Dynasty wanted to unify the world, so there were six generations of holy kings. This is destiny.
Yan Hui did not admit that he was a Hu person, and Shi Le was the same kind of person. They all called themselves Xia and hated being called Hu people the most. Shi Le did not even allow the word Hu to appear in front of him. Whoever dared to say it would be killed.
Only by completely defeating the Hu people's destiny can we return to a normal rhythm. This is what the Luo family has to do.
Otherwise, if Yan Hui was killed, Shi Le would appear. If Shi Le was killed, more heroes would emerge.
Facing Murong Chengguang's question, Luo You knew that he wanted to ask whether there was any method to kill the Xianbei Chanyu in the same way as before.
Is there?
have.
There is nothing as majestic and grand as the Qianli Dao Sword Talisman, nothing that can attract the attention of people all over the world.
But there is also a passerby card in Luo's family that can make a person have no sense of existence, which is almost the same as death.
There is also a magical artifact, the Divine Phoenix, which is actually a killing weapon. If used by anyone with a wife, her husband can be killed. However, the attributes of Shi Min, Shi Le, and Shi Hu must be above 90, so the current Divine Phoenix cannot be used unless it can be modified with the Measuring Ruler and Yuan Ding to remove some restrictions.
However, the transformation of the Tianchi and Yuanding consumes luck points and cannot control the results. Luo You is not going to use them unless he has no other choice.
The Luo family also has a magical weapon called "Hoping that your son will become a dragon". This magical weapon can not only make people better, but also make people worse.
This is a method developed by Luo, which can be called the Death Note. Whoever you touch will die.
If it is written on it that Shi Min is seriously ill, the luck points spent may not be many, but if a person suddenly becomes seriously ill or even falls into a coma in the turbulent battle, the consequences can be imagined.
Luo now does not have many magical weapons, so he has to restrain himself. He does not know what kind of people he will meet in the future, and he does not want to use them directly. What if he encounters more difficult problems in the future? What should he do?
One must always be kept as a lifeline for the family.
Facing Murong Chengguang's question, Luo You pondered for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry too much. Let our Luo family handle Shi Min. We have more experience in dealing with people with such strong martial arts skills."
Luo You was not wrong in saying this. People with great military power are actually most afraid of an army that is too disciplined.
When facing such an army, they are usually unable to break through the formation and will eventually die from exhaustion. Even Xiang Yu would become exhausted when facing an endless stream of troops.
Only Ji Zhao and Luo Xiao can face the army's constant killing and become stronger and stronger.
Luo's brave warriors and temple troops will hardly collapse, and are the strongest legions that can restrain this kind of generals.
Especially when the head of the Luo family personally led the army to attack, the brave warriors were not inferior to the temple army in any way and were able to truly refuse to retreat.
After receiving Luo You's reply, Murong Chengguang did not leave immediately. Instead, he said with some emotion: "Lord Zhao, I sent your father out of the pass and headed for Liaodong. Over the years, Great Yan and Winter City have been connected. I never thought that I would be able to fight side by side with Luo You before I die. What do you think of Cao Cao's usurpation of the Han Dynasty?"
Murong Chengguang was not asking Cao Cao, but himself. Luo You knew that he had other intentions. He said after a moment of hesitation, "Cao Cao did not usurp the foundation of the Han Dynasty. He built his foundation by himself.
He could not be the King of Luo Wen, and Liu Xie was not Emperor Xiaohui of Han, so he should not blame Cao Cao harshly.
In fact, Luo has always been thinking about why the king and his subjects in a national dynasty always fall into such a mutually hostile relationship.
Luo has been thinking about a question: if there is a country that can achieve true fairness and allow talented people to hold high positions, achieving the ancient system of abdication, would this country be extremely powerful?
We don’t know whether there will be such a country, but every country that can make the best use of its talents, the closer it is to such a level, the stronger it will be.
Why do countries ruled by wise kings become increasingly powerful?
Because wise monarchs dare to use powerful ministers, while foolish monarchs are afraid that their ministers will usurp their positions, so they kill all of them, eventually causing the country to decline. "
Luo You said a lot of things in a very eloquent manner, but he did not give a direct response to Murong Chengguang's question. Judging from Luo You's inner thoughts, he naturally thought that there was nothing wrong with usurping the throne. An incompetent king would only harm others and himself, especially in times of chaos. Useless people should take the initiative to give up their throne. The world does not belong to one person, but to everyone in the world.
But of course this kind of answer, which is totally inconsistent with core values, cannot be given, as it would cause too much harm to society.
But Murong Chengguang was a smart man. He understood the meaning of Luo You's words, and the answer made him quite satisfied.
He smiled and said: "Your ancestors established the Zhou Dynasty and then gave fertile land to the descendants of the Shang Dynasty and the descendants of the Xia Dynasty, so that the descendants of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors could enjoy sacrifices. I have always believed that this is worth promoting. Cao Wei gave the Han Dynasty monarch a noble position. This was the right thing Cao Wei did. So I think Cao Wei is the successor of the Han Dynasty, but the Han Dynasty is not the successor of the Han Dynasty.
I think Cao Cao should not have changed the name of his country. If he used the name of Han, then the name of Han would not all be gathered under the banner of Han. This was Cao Cao's mistake.
If one day Murong can become emperor, I will continue to use the name of Yan, and I will announce to everyone that I, Murong, will inherit the country of Yan, and Yan will get a new surname. This may be the most correct way. "
Change the surname but not the name of the country and dynasty?
Even Luo You, who always had a lot of creative ideas, fell silent. Murong Chengguang's idea was really explosive. Let the royal family change their surname. Who could come up with such a weird train of thought?
But it must be said that even Luo You thought Murong Chengguang's idea was very clever.
"Your Majesty's idea is very good. Those who first made clay figures out of clay will have no descendants. Your Majesty, if you treat the royal family of the previous dynasty well, it will naturally bring good luck to your descendants. Those who treat the royal family of the previous dynasty bloodily and cruelly will definitely be punished by God."
Murong Chengguang highly praised the system of Two Kings and Three Ke in his words, which proved that Murong Chengguang was unwilling to carry out a bloody change of dynasties, which was what the Luo family had always advocated.
The bloody coup has caused endless harm to the entire country.
Some people advocate that kind of purge, believing that such a purge would not affect the people at the bottom of society. Instead, it would free up many positions at the top and greatly promote exchanges among all classes.
This is actually quite wrong. In a tense political environment, everyone will feel insecure.
Anyone who comes to power will think of killing all the people of the previous dynasty, not just the monarch, but also the loyal ministers. The talents of the entire country will be lost after rounds of killing.
It is impossible for people to only think about farming, handicrafts and business forever.
Everyone yearns to move up, but if the "up" that everyone pursues is just a battle royale, then what are people pursuing?
A peaceful and replaceable system is a reasonable system. The Luo family once took away Xiang Yu's descendants in order to prevent restoration. What the Luo family hated most was restoration. They called it a cheating behavior and believed that it was an act that extremely destroyed the political ecology.
If restoration really exists, the only option for the new royal family is to kill all the royal family members of the previous dynasty.
Emperor Guangwu's restoration was not considered a restoration, as there was no new emperor in the world at that time. Liu Bei said from the very beginning that he wanted to revive the Han Dynasty, and he never changed his mind from beginning to end.
But if now, apart from the Han State, there are still people who are waving the Han flag, then the Luo family will definitely oppose it clearly and oppose anyone who tries to restore the monarchy.
Murong Chengguang and Luo You seemed to have forgotten the war that was happening right before their eyes, and they actually started chatting in the army. Murong Chengguang explained in detail his way of integrating the Yan and Hu peoples, while Luo You told him about the formation of the Han people today, as well as the changes in various ethnic groups over the past thousands of years, from the Bang Zhou period to the present, giving him some ideas.
The two of them got along better and better as they talked. Many of Murong Chengguang's ideas were very much in line with Luo's. After hearing the last part, Luo You sighed and said, "My king, the most important thing for you now is to train a successor who has the same ideas as you. As long as you can ensure that the Murong family has three generations of wise rulers, Yan State can at least unify the north."
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The emperor and Luo You talked about state affairs and were very happy. The emperor surprised You with his brilliant ideas, and You sighed and said, "You have a saintly temperament and should have an imperial career. If three generations of wise rulers were to rule the world, they would have ruled the world." - "Northern History: Yan Benji"
(End of this chapter)
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