Rebirth: Overthrow Song Dynasty

In the early morning of July 24, Yue Fei and Wu Jie arrived at the city of Renzhou.

At this moment, the Song Army has surrounded Renzhou City!

In later generations, Incheon was well-known, but in this era, Inju is just a small city by the sea.

There are only 50,000 to 60,000 people in the entire Renzhou, plus more than 10,000 Gaoli Rebels, the population of the entire city is not much at the moment.

The gate of the city was tightly closed, and a rebel army composed of Goryeo farmers wearing various clothes and holding various weapons stood on the city wall, looking down in fear.

Yue Fei and Wu Jie only observed here for a moment, and they knew that this city was vulnerable! If the Song army wanted to storm Renzhou City, it would take half a day at most to take it down.

However, they still wanted to persuade them to surrender first.

At that moment, Yue Fei and Wu Jie rode towards the front. They got closer and closer to the city wall, and gradually came to the front of the moat. Renzhou's moat is also very narrow, and it is impossible to stop the army from moving forward.

Seeing that only the two of their generals had arrived, the Koreans above showed expressions of disbelief.

"Where is Mr. Jin Canjin?" Wu Jie asked with a long smile.

Jin Can arrived at the top of the city surrounded by dozens of Confucian scholars!

He is very old, and his body is very weak, because he hasn't had a good rest for many days, and now his face looks extremely haggard! But he is full of righteousness, giving people a sense of awe.

"Old man Jin Can has seen the two generals!" Jin Can said in a hoarse voice.

"Mr. Jin, do you know that the whole of Koryo from north to south, from Kaijing Pyongyang to Jeju Island and Tsushima Island, all the places surrendered to my Song Dynasty, leaving only Inju City under your feet?" Wu Hsu said.

His voice was unusually loud, and the Koreans above could hear it clearly, and all the Koreans stayed there for a while.

"I heard about it." Jin Can nodded and said calmly.

"This small city of Renzhou will definitely not be able to stop my army of hundreds of battles in the Song Dynasty! God has the virtue of being good at life, and I don't want to let the people of Renzhou City suffer from the disaster of war. Mister, why don't you let the soldiers under your hands lay down their weapons? After the army enters the city, they will never bully the people, what do you think, sir?" Wu Jie said.

"No!" Jin Can said with a firm look in his eyes.

"Why not? Don't you care about the lives of the people in the city?" Wu Jie said.

"Korea is my motherland, you are the enemy of invasion, we will never surrender to the enemy!" Jin Can said.

"Your relatives and brothers are all in the countryside, and some of them have already been caught by us. Are you not afraid that we will kill your relatives and brothers?" Wu Jie smiled and said again.

"Loyalty and filial piety have been difficult since ancient times! I can only be loyal to the country, and I don't care about the lives of my relatives!" Jin Can said without hesitation.

"This man is a loyal minister!" Yue Fei said beside Wu Jie.

For this Jin Can, Yue Fei still has some admiration in his heart! Since entering Korea, almost all the cities surrendered without a fight, and now there is a loyal minister, Yue Fei feels that it is really commendable.

Wu Jie nodded, he also respects loyal ministers! However, as a general of the Song Dynasty, he must also win Renzhou.

"Bring him up!" After a moment of silence, Wu Jie waved his hand violently and said to the soldiers behind him.

Not long after, two soldiers brought a young man in a yellow robe to the city of Renzhou—it was Wang Kai, the king of Koryo!

ah!

In an instant, all the Koreans above stayed there!

"Your Majesty, it's Your Majesty! Veteran, see Your Majesty!" Jin Can's face changed drastically, and he knelt down suddenly, saying.

"Grassmen see Your Majesty!" The Koreans on the city wall knelt down one after another, calling out to Your Majesty in unison.

Hearing the word "Your Majesty", Wang Kai's face revealed a sincere and apprehensive expression. He secretly glanced at Wu Jie and Yue Fei, fearing that Wu Jie and Yue Fei would be angry.

"Persuade them to surrender!" Wu Jie said coldly.

"I obey." King Goryeo said hastily.

At the moment, the King of Korea began to shout loudly, asking the Koreans above to surrender.

"Your Majesty, we are all citizens of Goryeo, how can we surrender to the people of Song Dynasty?" Hearing Wang Kai chattering below, Jin Can couldn't help but ask.

"Gu has already surrendered to Song Dynasty, from now on Gu will be a courtier of Song Dynasty! Jin Can, Gu Du has surrendered, why are you fighting? Who are you defending the city for?" Wang Kai said.

After Wang Kai finished speaking, Jin Can was stunned again, and after a while he became distraught.

The ancient Confucian culture emphasized "loyalty" the most, and the core of Confucianism is the word "loyalty"! But this loyalty is not loyalty to the country or the people, but loyalty to the king! In ancient times, "foolish loyalty" to the king was the most important thing. Yue Fei is a model of foolish loyalty, and this Jin Can in front of him is also a model of foolish loyalty!

But now that the kings he is loyal to have surrendered to others, what reason does he have, and who can he continue to fight for?

Jin Can's mind was in chaos, he didn't know how to answer Wang Kai's words.

Song Jun used the King of Korea to persuade Inju City to surrender, not only Jin Can could not handle it, but all the Koreans above were at a loss at the moment!

"Open the city gate immediately and welcome Master Wang to enter the city! Master Wang is a teacher of benevolence and righteousness, and will never invade the people!" Wang Kai shouted from below.

After about a quarter of an hour, the city gate finally opened slowly, and the Song army began to rush towards Renzhou City!

The Koreans above did not stop the Song army, and most of them were as distraught as Jin Can.

Yue Fei, Wu Jie, Wang Kai and others headed towards the top of the city. All the Koreans here knelt down, only Jin Can was still standing there.

Yue Fei and others came in front of Jin Can, Jin Can looked at Wang Kai, sighed a long time, and knelt down in front of Wang Kai.

"Your Majesty, soon you will go to Yanjing to visit my Majesty Song, who will personally confer His Majesty! Your Majesty's relatives and children will also go to Yanjing with Your Majesty! Mr. Jin, get up, and you will follow!" Your Majesty, go see our Majesty!" Wu Jie said.

Jin Can was still kneeling there, he slowly hugged Wang Kai's legs, and couldn't help crying, Wang Kai showed an impatient expression on his face.

Yue Fei stood at the top of the city, looking into the distance, feeling extremely excited!

It took only two months for the Song army to capture the entire territory of Koryo! After that, Koryo became part of the Great Song Dynasty and could become Yanjing's sea barrier to protect the safety of the capital of the Great Song Dynasty! The reason why the entire territory of Koryo was able to be conquered in such a short time was that the Song army was able to take Koryo by surprise and well-planned.

"General Yue, I'm afraid Koryo will be like Liaodong and other places. First implement military control for half a year, and then slowly return to normal governance. We need to discuss the matter of military control! From now on we will station troops in Koryo. The number of soldiers should also be discussed, and then reported to the Military Aircraft Division and the General Staff Headquarters!" Wu Jie said.

"Okay! Koryo and Liaodong are one, and the land can be owned by the Liaodong Military Region, but there are several important islands here that can be used as naval bases!" Yue Fei said.

The two of them are here to discuss the issue of the ownership of Goryeo, not to mention this.

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Autumn is getting stronger and stronger, and the mountains in the Central Plains have turned into a piece of golden yellow. At this moment, outside Yanjing City, an army of more than a thousand people is heading towards Yanjing City.

This team came from the east, and there were dozens of carriages in the team, some carrying goods, and some with people inside.

In the middle carriage, there are a young man and an old man sitting here.

The young man is still wearing a yellow robe, he is the former King of Korea Wang Kai, and the old man is golden.

From Tianjin to Yanjing, the road is unusually wide and flat!

For such a path, Wang Kai praised it, but Jin Can just watched it.

"Lord Jin, I heard that the road from Yanjing to Hanzhong, from Yanjing to Kaifeng, and from Yanjing to Liaoyang Mansion is the same. This is really a grand project!" Wang Kai said.

Jin Can nodded.

He opened the car curtain, the autumn sun shone on him, and he could see sorghum fields everywhere on both sides of the road!

At this moment, the sorghum was almost mature, and there was no other scenery besides the sorghum field for more than ten miles along the way.

The wide gravel road and the endless sorghum fields actually shocked Jin Can.

"Lord Jin, have you seen the canals on both sides of the road? From Tianjinwei to Yanjing, there are canals everywhere!" Wang Kai said.

"The Han people are really amazing. In just a few years, agriculture in the Yanyun area has completely recovered! In the past few years, they have distributed all the fertile land to farmers, and they have built so many water conservancy facilities. It is said that they provided countless cattle and agricultural tools to the people of Yanyun! Not only Yanyun is like this, but the whole Song Dynasty is like this!" Jin Can said.

"That's right, the Han people are really amazing." Wang Kai said.

"Your Majesty, after arriving in Yanjing, you may have to live a hard life!" Jin Can said.

"Bitter days? The generals of the Song Dynasty have already said that they will not treat us badly." Wang Kai said.

"Since ancient times, how can there be a way for a king who has subjugated a country to suffer? In the early years of the Song Dynasty, the lords of the Southern Tang Dynasty and the Later Shu Dynasty were all ready to be killed, and all women were occupied by the Emperor of the Song Dynasty! Wasn't the emperor brought to the north and suffered all kinds of hardships? Your Majesty, don't expect the Song people to treat us well." Jin Can said with a wry smile.

"This..." Wang Kai sat there, trembling slightly, with a look of horror on his face.

"Your Majesty, the old minister will do his best to protect His Majesty!" Jin Can said.

"Don't call me Your Majesty anymore, just call me Hou Ye from now on, I am no longer the King of Korea." Wang Kai said.

"In the heart of the old minister, you will always be my master!" Jin Can said.

Wang Kai sat there blankly, out of his mind, and didn't know what he was thinking.

The convoy was still moving forward, and Jin Can was constantly observing Da Song's situation.

In the afternoon, they arrived at the gate of Yanjing City.

It can be seen that there are countless people coming and going at the gate of the city, and there is no need to pay city tax when entering and leaving Yanjing City, which makes Jin Can even more surprised.

After entering Yanjing City, wherever they went, the soldiers drove the people aside, and the people of Yanjing City were talking about it, not knowing who was in the carriage.

Jin Can was still observing everything here, he saw that this street was full of shops, and all the shops were crowded with people, the real flow of people was blazing! There are all kinds of goods in the shops, some are selling some farm tools, some are selling some cotton cloth, some are selling some jade, and some are selling some furniture!

In the distance, there are also Yanjing City people who are looking at this place!

Among the people in Yanjing City, there are almost no yellow and thin people, and almost everyone has a relaxed expression on their faces! There are not many beggars to be seen here, and it is a prosperous scene.

"Prosperity, prosperity!" Jin Can sighed again.

As soon as the convoy left, the soldiers let go of the civilians again. The civilians ignored the convoy and continued to do their own things.

As the convoy moved forward, there were scenes of prosperity everywhere, and Jin Can was filled with emotion.

After walking for an unknown amount of time, they came to another street.

This street is unusually wide, and there are quite a few Confucian scholars on the street.

"Lord Jin, there are libraries everywhere!" Wang Kai said, attracted by the scene in the city.

"Yes, I saw at least 20 libraries along the way! I also heard those Confucian scholars discuss the price of paper. One hundred sheets of rice paper only cost ten Wen, which is really cheap!" Jin Can said.

"This Yanjing City is really big!" Wang Kai said.

"This is almost ten times that of Kaijing, and the people here are much richer than the people of Kaijing! Whether it is agriculture, commerce, or culture and education, they are all extremely powerful! The Song army is as strong as the Han and Tang Dynasties! People used to say that the Han and Tang Dynasties We haven't seen the prosperity, but I think the real prosperity of the Han and Tang Dynasties is probably not as good as the prosperity of the Song Dynasty!" Jin Can said.

In the Han and Tang Dynasties, China's population was too small, much worse than that of the Song Dynasty! Coupled with the implementation of the rent reduction order and other systems in the Song Dynasty, the economy has developed rapidly, and the lives of ordinary people have surpassed the most prosperous times of the Han and Tang Dynasties.

"Your Majesty, now you know how big the gap is between us and Da Song?" Jin Can said.

"I really regret it in my heart! If I had known that the Song Dynasty was so strong, I would never have the slightest hope for Liaodong. I would not hesitate to submit to the emperor of the Song Dynasty! Hey!" Wang Kai said.

"Actually, we once surrendered to the Song Dynasty before! After meeting the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, I will ask him why he sent troops to us? We are their subjects, and they have no reason to treat us like this!" Jin Can said.

"Lord Jin, absolutely not!" Wang Kai said in shock.

"Your Majesty, the veteran will bear all the consequences!" Jin Can said.

They were still talking, but the convoy had stopped at this moment.

"The imperial palace is here!" The voice of a Song Army soldier came from outside, and Wang Kai's body trembled again.