lady, please calm down

June 15th, night.

After Xiao Jianxian had served as the vanguard last night, Hesheli, Wuyanha and others crossed the river in person that night and came to the south bank to meet Wanyan An in secret.

After meeting, it was natural that the saintly king and wise generals recognized each other.

Afterwards, under the witness of the new emperor and the queen mother, Hesheli and others agreed with the King of Chu on a plan of rebellion. The ten Jurchen tribes would launch an attack at midnight on June 16 to besiege Wanyan Liang's central army, and the coalition forces on the south bank would take this opportunity to cross the river.

In order to distinguish the ten Jurchen tribes from Wanyan Liang's central army, the King of Chu suggested that Hesheli's subordinates cut a piece of white cloth from their underwear and tie it on their helmets before launching an uprising.

After all the details were confirmed, the King of Chu handed Hesheli a box of flares and instructed him: "If the operation goes smoothly, light one flare; if the operation fails and support is urgently needed, light two flares; if the situation is extremely critical, light three flares, and our army will do everything possible to quickly cross the river to rescue you."

The Jin Dynasty had been established for several decades, and the only defeats it had suffered were all losses to the King of Chu of Qi. Hesheli, Wuyanha and others were originally somewhat resistant to him, but when they saw the meticulous arrangements made by the King of Chu, they awkwardly bowed to him before leaving.

The next day, June 16th.

Wanyan An, who had not slept all night, asked Zhang Hao and Gao Cunfu to accompany him for the whole morning. He simulated tonight's battle on the map and calculated how many days it would take to recapture the old capital and return to the ancestral temple.

It was not until the afternoon that he could no longer bear it and went to bed to rest. He repeatedly asked Chai Yuanyi and Bai Lu to wake him up before dark, as he wanted to witness the battle to annihilate Wanyan Liang tonight with his own eyes.

At noon, Chen Chuxing, who had been busy all morning, probably heard about Wanyan An's actions and came in person.

At a glance from Chai Yuanyi, the maids in the tent retreated one after another. Then Chai Yuanyi yawned with her hands covering her mouth, looking tired.

"tired?"

Chen Chu asked with a smile.

"Your Highness has a child of his own. You should understand how tiring it is to take care of a child, right?"

The relationship between the two could not be said to be close, but it was not distant either. After all, they had enjoyed so much sex together. Chai Yuanyi's tone was natural but not beyond the norm, but it also had a bit of a desire to take credit for himself, highlighting his importance.

The sense of proportion is very appropriate.

"Thank you for your concern, Queen Mother." Chen Chu bowed as he sat on the chair, but then said, "However, it would be better for Your Majesty not to appear in front tonight, so as not to witness the fierce battle and lose control of his emotions."

Chai Yuanyi had an expression that was exactly what she expected. She smiled and said, "At lunch just now, Your Majesty added some tranquilizing and sleep-inducing herbs to the meat soup he used. Your Majesty will not be able to wake up tonight, so Your Majesty does not need to worry."

Tonight, the situation will definitely not develop as Wanyan An and Hesheli had expected. Among the coalition forces on the south bank of the Daling River, there are still Hezha's personal generals such as Saipuli and Wulewen. If Wanyan An finds something wrong and makes a big fuss, it will not be good in the end.

Therefore, it would be better for Wanyan An not to show up tonight.

However, Chen Chu did not expect that Chai Yuanyi, who was not aware of all the plans, seemed to have guessed his intentions and even helped him do it in advance.

Even the so-called "calming and sleeping-inducing herbs" are probably something like knockout drugs.

But no matter what, Chai Yuanyi did put in a lot of effort to cooperate with all of Chen Chu's intentions. If it weren't for her, it would have taken Chen Chu two years to digest just the two capitals of Jin State, South and Central. How could it be as smooth as it is now?

"Thank you Queen Mother for your help. I will keep my promise in the future."

Chen Chu emphasized once again that he would not abandon his former lover.

But Chai Yuanyi looked at the Jin Dynasty flag with a dignified face and said, "Empress Dowager? Haha, I prefer the prince to call me Fairy Sister."

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Chen Chu thought he had misheard for a moment, because Chai Yuanyi's expression when she spoke was dignified and majestic, worthy of the image of a queen of a country, but the words in her mouth
As for men, when they are in bed, they can call you little darling, little sweetheart, little fairy, little sister, etc., right?
But during the sage time, they themselves were so embarrassed when they heard this title that they kept picking their toes.

Chai Yuanyi still maintained that awe-inspiring and solemn expression, even raising her hand to push the phoenix hairpin in her hair, her eyes still fixed on the Jin imperial flag, and said, "Your Highness, you didn't sleep all night last night, did you? Do you want to go to the back tent to rest for a while and gather your strength for the battle tonight?"

"Well, there are still many things to be arranged before the war begins! When we march into Huanglongfu, I will have a long talk with the Queen Mother all night long."

Chen Chu stood up and left the golden tent.

With the war approaching, it would be a miracle if we could rest here and recuperate!

At the hour of Xu, the sun slowly set behind the rolling pine mountains.

Dusk and sunset always make people feel inexplicably melancholy.

Ever since the dispute with Hesheli and others a few days ago, Wanyan Liang felt quite lonely.

At this time, there were tigers in front and wolves behind, and there were more than 30,000 burdens ten miles away.

After the fall of Huanglongfu, the morale of the entire army was in turmoil and they were in a state of panic. Yesterday alone, hundreds of soldiers deserted. The deserters were not necessarily because they were afraid of fighting. Perhaps they just heard that their hometown had been lost and they were anxious to go back to take a look.

But such a large-scale desertion was the first time in the Jin Dynasty's decades of history.

What was even more desperate was that with the loss of Huanglongfu, the entire rear administrative structure of the Jin Dynasty was also gone. For more than ten days, no one knew whether Wanyan Hushe was alive or dead.

Naturally, no one would deliver military rations to the front line.

The food shortage will occur in these few days.
As of now, it seems that the only way to have a chance of survival is to take the initiative to launch a decisive battle.

But right now, the army's morale is unstable and the ten Jurchen tribes are showing signs of disunity. This is really not the time for a decisive battle!
Wanyan Liang was in a dilemma and wanted to find someone to discuss the matter, so he ordered someone to invite the military counselor Xiao Jianxian.

Not long after, a subordinate came to report, "Master Xiao is not in the camp."

Wanyan Liang frowned in displeasure. The subordinate looked around and said, "Your Majesty, Lord Xiao has been frequently in and out of the camps of the Hesheli and Wuyanha tribes in the past two days. Your Majesty must be on guard."

Wanyan Liang understood what he heard, but he could do nothing about it.

As the commander-in-chief of the entire army, his greatest crime is that he cannot lead his troops to gain benefits.

At this time, the Dalingh River defense line was already in danger, and even if Wanyan Liang wanted to take action against Hesheli and others, he did not have the conditions.

If the ten departments are in chaos, the defense line will collapse.

Night, the end of Haishi.

Wanyan Liang, with a heavy heart, stood in front of the huge map of the Jin Dynasty for a long time. Then he suddenly dismissed his attendants and opened a wooden box in the corner of the tent.

But inside the box was a dragon robe and dragon crown sewn with gold thread.

Wanyan Liang had prepared this set of equipment since Wanyan Tan went hunting in the south. He originally thought that all he needed was a great victory to officially ascend the throne and become emperor.

Unexpectedly, he waited for this great victory for more than two years but never got it.

Perhaps realizing that he was at the end of his rope and facing many dangers, Wanyan Liang suddenly became extremely eager to put on the dragon robe.

Large tallow candles illuminated the tent.

Wearing the dragon robe that symbolized the emperor for the first time, Wanyan Liang sat on the big chair, looking at the empty tent, and without any warning, two lines of tears rolled down his cheeks. These tears were not only for himself, but also for the precarious Jin Dynasty.

The young emperor on the other side of the river was so stupid that he actually formed an alliance with the King of Chu and Qi, which was tantamount to seeking the skin of a tiger!

Since the first year of Xuanqing, Jin and Qi have been at war, and the two countries have formed a blood feud. Wanyan Liang doesn't believe that Chen Chu would be kind enough to help Wanyan An regain control of the situation!
In the internal strife of the Jin Dynasty, victory or defeat was only a matter of the rise and fall of one family, but the Qi army intervened to destroy the Jurchen tribe!

Wan Yanliang wiped his tears with his sleeves, feeling infinitely sad.
Just when he was worrying about the future of the Great Jin, he suddenly heard a loud noise and shouting outside the camp. Wanyan Liang had been in the army for half his life, and he stood up as soon as he heard any unusual noise.

Immediately afterwards, the personal soldiers outside the tent hurriedly lifted the curtain and entered, only to be stunned to see King Hailing wearing a dragon robe.

"What's going on outside?" Wanyan Liang picked up a long knife.

The guard was stunned for a moment, but suddenly his face flushed with excitement, and he knelt down with a plop, "Your Majesty! Heshelie, Wuyanha and other ten Jurchen tribes are rebelling and are besieging our central army camp!"

I don't know if it was the call of 'Your Majesty' that worked, or if it was the crisis that aroused Wanyan Liang's bloodthirsty instinct, but the loneliness and frustration were instantly gone!
He was seen walking out of the tent with a gun.

The guards outside the tent were all elite personal soldiers who had followed him through life and death for many years. When they saw their master in a dragon robe, they were not surprised but delighted. For a moment, they shouted "Your Majesty!" and "Your Majesty!" in unison.

"Bring the horse!"

In the desperate situation, Wanyan Liang was filled with heroic spirit. He jumped on his horse, pointed his spear, and shouted, "My men, follow me to kill the enemy!"

The west side of the central army camp was where the Hesheli and Pucha tribes were attacking. The Wanyan tribe was caught off guard and their wall was breached. The two tribes had already penetrated more than a hundred steps into the camp.

"Execute Wanyan Liang and welcome the emperor back to the capital!"

Seeing victory in sight, Puchawen, the leader of the Pucha tribe who was rushing in the front, shouted.

But suddenly, a group of cavalry rushed out from the side, and the leader was wearing a dragon robe and holding a thick-backed long sword. This scene was really strange. Since ancient times, has anyone ever heard of an emperor personally going to the battlefield to fight?

And where did the emperor come from in this camp?
"Pucha thief, prepare to die!"

Just as he was stunned, Puchawen heard a loud shout, and then he saw that the man in the dragon robe was Wanyan Liang, with an angry face and standing hair and beard.

The dragon robe is not armor, but it has certain spiritual attributes. Coupled with Wanyan Liang's years of accumulated power, Puchawen suddenly felt a sense of fear and wanted to turn his horse around and escape. However, in the chaos of the army, he could only advance and not retreat, so there was no way to escape.

Wanyan Liang rushed over quickly, raised his sword and slashed, and a good man's head flew into the sky.

The leader was beheaded, and the morale of both sides rose and fell.

Hesheli, who was guarding the rear, was shocked when he saw this and hurriedly said, "Shoot with arrows. Anyone who kills Wanyan Liang will be rewarded with 10,000 coins and promoted to a hundred households!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the sounds of strings being pulled and arrows being released could be heard all around.

This dragon robe is handsome, but firstly it cannot protect against arrows, and secondly it is too eye-catching, making it a good target.

However, unexpectedly, the personal soldiers who were always paying attention to Wanyan Liang's safety quickly protected Wanyan Liang in the middle and used their bodies as a shield for Wanyan Liang!
After a round of arrows, Wanyan Liang had already rushed to within dozens of steps of Hesheli. Seeing that the situation was not going well, Hesheli quickly retreated.

The morale of the Wanyan tribe was greatly boosted, and suddenly someone shouted: "Your Majesty is here, who dares to disobey! Hurry up and kill the bandit leader to make up for the mistake!"

In the dark night, there were fires everywhere, but they were not enough to illuminate the camp that stretched for dozens of miles.

Tonight, the ten Jurchen Jin soldiers followed their leader in a mindless charge and still don't know what happened. Now, when they heard that Your Majesty was here, they became even more confused.

Some were still fighting hard, some had already laid down their weapons and surrendered, and more followed Hesheli and temporarily retreated to the west.

The offensive was blocked here, and the Wuyan, Tudan, Nuxi and other tribes that had been attacking smoothly on the north and south sides also became confused.

Hesheli fled a mile away, putting some distance between him and Wanyan Liang, and shouted to his subordinates, "Fire the flare!"

At this time, the south bank of the Daling River was brightly lit.

In addition to the three Huaibei troops led by Dalang, Zhou Liang and Han Shizhong, who had already been lined up on the shore in neat armor, the Western Xia, Zhou and Jin armies were all awakened from their sleep and assembled urgently.

Soon, Wu Gong of Lin'an, Zhang Duofu of Anfeng and others rode on horseback from their own camps to the central army where the King of Chu was, and asked what had happened.

The most anxious people were naturally the generals of Hezha's personal army, Saipuli and Wulewen, who were brought out from Huanglongfu by the former Jin emperor Wanyan Tan.

When the two found Chen Chu, they asked, "What happened on the other side?"

Of course, they were unaware of the so-called "secret agreement" reached between Hesheli and others and the King of Chu.

Chen Chu looked at the fierce battlefield on the other side and shook his head, saying, "I don't know either. It looks like the rebels are having an internal conflict!"

At this moment, two red flares suddenly rose high on the opposite bank.

Civil and military officers on the south bank, as well as nearly 200,000 soldiers from various countries, all looked over there.

The red flares dyed the ground blood red.
When he heard that it was an internal conflict, Wulewen immediately said, "Our troops need to cross the river quickly!"

Internal strife means that someone on the other side is at odds with Wanyan Liang, or even wants to restore the new monarch. Otherwise, why would there be internal strife?

This logic is not difficult to understand.

After all, those fighting on the other side were all elite Jurchens, and providing support earlier would help save one more Jurchen warrior who wanted to return to the right path.

The Jin Dynasty had a weak foundation and had difficulty in giving birth in the early years. Now it has only about one million people.

Olewen could not bear to let these elites kill each other.

But Chen Chu observed for a moment and said firmly: "How can we easily cross the river when we don't know the enemy situation? What if this is a trap?"

Upon hearing this, Wulewen became very anxious and pointed to the other side of the river, saying, "It's not a trap!"

He didn't speak Chinese fluently and didn't express his ideas completely, but anyone who saw it could tell that the other side was already bloodthirsty and fighting for their lives. Who would set a trap like this?

On the side, Sepuli, who was with Hezha's personal army, saw that Olewen had lost his composure, so he quickly pulled him back and whispered, "The King of Chu is right. It's pitch black at night and you can't see anything. Be careful."

Before Sepuli finished speaking, Olewen was furious and said, "Olewen, are you a Jin or a Han? The people on the other side are all elite soldiers of our tribe. If they are all dead, what is the use of the emperor returning to the capital?"

At this moment, a shrill male voice suddenly came from behind, "The Queen Mother calls for the two generals to come forward!"

I saw that a dozen people were carrying a huge dragon chariot a few dozen steps behind me. The Queen Mother held Xu Dehai's hand and just stepped down from the chariot.

Wulewen and Saipuli hurried forward, but heard Chai Yuanyi's gentle voice: "His Majesty is watching the battle in the dragon chariot, and specifically instructed that the army cannot move forward without a general. The two generals must obey the orders of the King of Chu and not act rashly!"

"Yes, I obey!"

Sepuli responded quickly, but Olewen couldn't help but look back at the war-torn north bank with a look of grief and indignation on his face. He seemed to have something to say, but was dragged away by Sepuli.

On the north bank, the ten Jurchen tribes did not gain the advantage as Hesheli had expected.

I don’t know if it was because the Heshi tribe attacked too fiercely at the beginning, which aroused the jealousy of Wanyan Liang. The latter allowed the Wuyan, Tudan, Nuxi and other tribes to attack his rear army, and was determined to fight to the death with the Heshi tribe.

They surrounded Hesheli and the rest of his troops within a radius of more than a thousand steps on the north bank of the Daling River and attacked them desperately.

Seeing that the reinforcements from the south bank had not arrived yet, Hesheli, in accordance with the prior agreement with the King of Chu, fired three more flares to indicate that their side was in a very critical moment.

But after another quarter of an hour, there were only about 3,000 people left on our side, and there was still no sign of reinforcements from the south bank. Even the boats for crossing the river were still parked safely on the south bank.

Hesheli finally realized something was wrong until he saw with his own eyes that some of his men desperately swam to the south bank, but were shot dead in the water before they could reach the shore.
At this point, Hesheli was completely certain that he had fallen into a fucking trap!
But, once the arrow is shot, there is no turning back. Even if he ran to Wanyan Liang at this moment and said that he had been tricked by others, would Wanyan Liang let him go?

On the east side, Wu Yanha and others are only two or three miles away from here. Maybe they can still have a chance of survival if they fight.

Hesheli had no way to retreat, so he gave up all his thoughts and drew his sword, ready to lead his men to charge into battle himself.

However, he inadvertently saw Xiao Jianxian huddled together and shivering not far away. Heshelie was filled with resentment and didn't know how to vent it. Without saying a word, he stepped forward and grabbed Xiao Jianxian's collar and pulled him up.

"Don't blame me, don't blame me. I blame the Han people for being unfaithful, blame Li Ke for cheating me, blame..."

Before Xiao Jianxian could finish his stammering explanation, Hesheli had already wiped his neck.

Hesheli immediately rushed forward, but after fighting for less than a hundred breaths, he was stabbed in the ribs and fell off his horse.

"The traitor Hesheli has been captured! Hesheli has been captured!"

With a burst of excited shouts, Hesheli was dragged by two men holding his arms to Wanyan Liang's front.

Wanyan Liang sat high on his horse, his dragon robe covered in blood. He looked down and said, "Hesheli, why did you betray me?"

Hesheli, with blood pouring from the wound under his ribs, tried hard to raise his head and glance at Wanyan Liang. Since he was defeated, he could not surrender to Wanyan Liang and admit his mistake.

Hesheli even wanted to mock Wanyan Liang by saying, "Even when he puts on the dragon robe, he doesn't look like an emperor."

How do the Han people say it? Oh, right, a monkey wearing a crown!

However, blood spurted out of his mouth and he couldn't say anything. Hesheli felt a little regretful that he couldn't curse before he died.

Afterwards, Hesheli turned his head with great effort and looked at the south bank, which was watching the fire from the other side. He murmured in a voice that only he could hear: "Wanyan An, you have misled my Heshei tribe and my Great Jin!"

Although the Heshi tribe was the most powerful of the ten tribes, destroying them did not mean that all rebellions were quelled.

At this point, Wu Yanha and the others had no other choice.

Tonight, either you die or I die.

When two people meet on a narrow road, there is no way to retreat.

In the desperate situation, everyone burst out all their energy.

The last tens of thousands of elite soldiers of the rising Jin Dynasty fought against each other like mortal enemies on the battlefield on the south bank of the Daling River until dawn, when the sounds of fighting gradually died down.

At 1:00 a.m., the King of Chu issued an order: Anyone crossing the river with a blade will be killed! (End of this chapter)