At that time, I will no longer be conquering the world, but accepting it.
Li Qin looked at the gains from this military expedition.
They conquered Shanxi without encountering any major battles, which greatly expanded their tax base.
At the same time, they forcibly seized half of Datong's tax revenue from Jiang Xiangyang.
Moreover, Shanxi did not suffer any major devastation from the war, unlike the capital, which was completely ravaged.
It maintained its economic integrity.
This further alleviated his financial pressure.
At the same time, taking over Shanxi would allow him to look down on the Central Plains from a high vantage point, and would also open the way into Shaanxi.
It can be said that the harvest was quite fruitful.
After Li Qin finished summarizing what he had gained this time...
He continued reading the news from the capital and then saw that his "good brother" Wanyan Jian had finally died.
Li Qin then issued an order to posthumously confer titles and a grand funeral upon Wanyan Jian.
After finishing his business, he summoned Wang Taihe from Xuanfu and Dugu Yu to give them some further instructions.
He then allocated another 10,000 Jurchen cavalrymen from the army he had brought from the capital and handed them over.
Li Qin also planned to stay in Xuanfu for a while longer.
After Jiang Xiangyang of Datong completely left the Xuanfu area, he led his army back to the capital.
However, a subsequent message from the capital made Li Qin immediately uneasy.
Something has happened in the capital.
Because he brought the elite troops from the capital to Xuanfu, the capital is now very empty, with only some new recruits training outside the capital.
According to intelligence reports, an army emerged from the Yanshan Mountains in the north and marched towards the capital under cover of night.
Moreover, there were even officials from the imperial court in the capital acting as their inside agents.
They were given intelligence so that the troops outside the city could train for a day and relax in the evening when they were tired.
Taking advantage of the emptiness inside the capital, they opened the city gates to them from the inside at night.
Let that army seize the gate and enter the capital.
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