Most of the Jurchen generals in the Kingdom of Jin came from clans or powerful Meng'an leaders. Only Wanyan Heda was an outlier.
Although his surname is Wanyan, he has a very distant blood relationship with the royal family. Therefore, after joining the army as a young man, he started from the Suppression and Defense Army. He fought with the Mongolian army on the grasslands for several consecutive years. He went through life and death, honing his martial arts and So brave.
But even so, the chronic diseases of the Dajin army are already deep. If Wanyan Heda does not get the support of noble people, he will reach the end of being able to govern a thousand households in this life.
Last year, Juyongguan was lost, and Wanyan Heda followed the defeated army into Zhongdu. It was the Prime Minister's disciple Shan Yi who recognized his talents and promoted him. It was also his disciple Shan Yi who used his own connections to gain Wanyan Heda's status as a personal attendant. , and then gained the emperor's favor and flourished all the way.
But Wanyan Heda was never loyal to the emperor. His loyalty is to the Kingdom of Jin itself, the dynasty that the Jurchen ancestors worked hard to establish among the white mountains and black waters.
The more loyal he was to this dynasty, the angrier he became towards the current situation of the mediocre and cowardly leader of the Jin Kingdom, and the more sympathetic he was to the soldiers and civilians who were struggling to survive under the rule of the Jin Kingdom.
That's why he followed Tu Danyi's arrangement to help King Sui leave the capital.
All because he believed that only in this way could the uncertain emperor stay in Daxing Mansion in Zhongdu and muster the courage to face the Mongols; and only in this way could King Sui and his supporters be free from constraints. They put their talents to good use, starting from Nanjing Road, gathering soldiers and civilians, and reorganizing the country.
As for Yang An'er, Wanyan Heda never took him seriously.
Yang An'er ascended the throne in Dongping Mansion a few days ago, proclaimed himself Emperor of the Han Dynasty, appointed hundreds of civil and military officials, and immediately raised hundreds of thousands of troops to come west. As of today, Yang An'er's "royal master" has already reached Shanzhou City. But Wanyan Heda didn't panic at all.
When Yang An'er was still the commander of the Tiewa Ganzhan Army in Northern Xinjiang, Wanyan Heda had some dealings with him and knew what kind of person he was. In the final analysis, Yang An'er is just an ordinary warrior. His talent and knowledge may not be greater than Wanyan Heda, and he is not a figure who founded the dynasty at all.
The reason why he can win people's hearts is not because of his extraordinary qualities, but because of the poor management of the Golden Kingdom!
It is the Kingdom of Jin itself. For decades, generations of corrupt officials and idiots have been expropriating and arrogant in Shandong, and they have lost people's hearts. They have pushed the people to Yang An'er!
These people should have been the foundation of the Great Jin Kingdom, and they were obedient people who peacefully provided food and supplies for the Jurchens! Now they have become rebels, following Yang An'er, a fool who is the most popular person in the world, to rebel...
Wanyan Heda sympathized with the people who were suffering hardships and struggling to survive, but he did not sympathize with the traitors. The only way to deal with traitors is to kill them ruthlessly.
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Kill them until they are afraid, kill them until they are in pain, kill them until they kneel down and beg for mercy, just like what the brave and powerful ancestors of the Jurchens did when they rushed out of the white mountains and black waters.
It’s just another conquest.
"Emperor of the Han Dynasty"?
joke. Wanyan Heda had read Han'er's books and knew that the word "Han" for Han'er came from the Han Dynasty thousands of years ago. Yang An'er gave himself this national title, probably because he wanted to revive Han'er's prestige.
But the Han'ers have long since lost their prestige!
When the Liao Dynasty raised troops, it defeated the Han emperor many times and made him cry for his father and mother. There was an emperor in the Song Dynasty in the Southern Dynasties who once abandoned hundreds of thousands of his subordinates and rode a donkey cart to avoid being chased by the Khitan cavalry. Later, with the rise of the Jin Dynasty, he also searched the mountains and seas, scaring another Song emperor into eunuchs.
For example, Yang An'er and others may feel that the Han'er have gradually become the main force of the Dajin army in recent years, so they began to ignore the Jurchens. But Wanyan Heda would tell them that the Jurchens were still strong, and Daijin was still the unshakable lord of the domain.
It's just a matter of sharpening the knife against these disorganized and ignorant mobs. After sharpening the knife, it’s time to fight the Mongols again!
"In the military camp outside the city, archers from each team are shooting at the positions! In the city, drums are beating to gather the generals! Our armored soldiers are preparing to attack!"
Wanyan Heda, who had always been steady and resolute, gave orders loudly and showed a beast-like smile.
At the top of Shanzhou City, dozens of leather drums rumbled, almost suppressing the sound of the roaring tsunami outside the city.
Wanyan Heda guessed correctly, Yang An'er was outside the city.
When Yang An'er set off from Dongping Mansion, he was accompanied by the emperor's book that he had pieced together over the past few months, including hundreds of flags, four groups of drummers in front and behind, as well as two hundred Banjian and Yidao teams, as well as gate flags, driving heads, and jade chariots. , golden wheels, Jinxian chariots, leopard tail chariots, etc., there are countless.
But Yang An'er soon left the honor guard far behind and led the Qingqi to gallop to the front line of Shanzhou.
At this time, he led the specially selected cavalry and galloped freely amidst the cheers of the soldiers. Wherever he went, he kept waving his arms, and then aroused a wave of shouts in the huge military formation.
Yang An'er heard more and more soldiers starting to shout long live.
He saw many of the knights around him grinning widely, trying their best to puff up their chests and look majestic and high-spirited.
So he also puffed up his chest, picked up the spear, and waved it in the air.
In order to let more soldiers see his brave posture, he accelerated his horse and reined in several times to make the horseman stand upright.
When he finally returned to the central army, both men and horses were sweating profusely, and white air was steaming from the gaps in his shining golden armor.
The servants came up quickly to remove his armor and wipe it. Some people were holding drinks and kneeling aside, waiting for him to take it.
The generals surrounding him also praised Yang An'er's courage. Some said it was comparable to the glory and military power of the Han Dynasty, and some said it was more like Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty.
Only Liu Erzu and a few people stood further back and did not participate in the increasingly enthusiastic flattery.
Yang An'er thought for a while and waved everyone to leave. He said: "It will take time for the two formations to face each other, so I will take a break."
When the generals were leaving, he said again: "Marshal Liu, please stay."
Liu Erzu then turned back, dragged his feet, and walked with the same pace as an old farmer, and stood next to Yang An'er.
Yang An'er has become the emperor, but Liu Erzu still looks the same, not showing much respect or restraint.
"Old Liu, guess what I just thought of?"
"have no idea."
Yang An'er was a little emotional: "The troops we mobilized this time are said to be 300,000. In fact, there are more than 70,000, of which more than 20,000 are well-trained and well-equipped. When I look at so many soldiers and generals, I seem to see The sea. The waves of people rise and fall like the tide, and their shouts are like the roar of the tide."
"That's quite majestic."
"Then I thought..." Yang An'er sighed: "Will I, Yang An'er, be a giant ship crisscrossing the sea, riding the momentum of the tide? Or, maybe I am a wave on the tide, disappearing and appearing are the same. How fast?"
Liu Erzu laughed heartily.
No wonder Yang An'er wanted the generals to move away. The leader of the red coat army, who always presented himself as a brave general, was a little nervous.
The status of the emperor made the ordinary soldiers of the Red Coat Army more and more respectful to Yang An'er, but Yang An'er herself was not fainted yet. He still remembered that he was just a leader of the rebellion. Even if he became the emperor, his foundation would still be shallow. Even if he brought an unprecedented army, it would still be dangerous to confront the elite soldiers of the imperial court.
The Red Coat Army has many weaknesses.
Even with a well-trained elite army as its backbone, the Red Coat Army is still essentially a group of peasants who cannot survive.
They just want to get rid of the cruel oppression of the imperial court, and just want to vent their deep-rooted hatred that they have suffered for a long time. But other than that, they didn't know what to do.
This determined that after the Red Coat Army occupied most of Shandong, it was unable to effectively control the area. Even the army is the same. Their size is getting larger and larger, but they are becoming more and more difficult to control, and they are becoming less and less like an army.
Yang An'er saw all these situations, just as Liu Erzu also saw them. It's a pity that even if they see it, they don't have any ideas to solve it; there are also some problems that they have ideas for solving, but they are limited to the situation and cannot be implemented at all.
Therefore, the soldiers only need to cheer. But when they reached the position of Yang An'er and Liu Erzu, they became more and more aware that the road ahead was extremely difficult.
But so what? It’s useless to think too much anyway, so why bother?
Liu Erzu said calmly: "For decades, the imperial court has treated us like ants, and killing us is like mowing grass. Now we hold swords in our hands, gather tens of thousands of people, and kill the imperial army like mowing grass. This is what I look forward to day and night, very much Just be happy...just be happy."
Yang An'er looked at her old friend and laughed loudly: "Yes, the most important thing is to have fun!"
