lady, please calm down

On June 17th, at the beginning of the morning hour, the sky began to lighten.

A strange scene appeared on both sides of the Daling River, which had been in confrontation for more than two years.

On the north bank, the twenty-mile-long camp turned into a twenty-mile-long fire scene. Under the morning light and the firelight, corpses were everywhere. The Dalingh River was also filled with floating corpses like duckweed.

Of the 70,000 elite soldiers, except for those who died in battle or fled, only one or two tenths are still fighting.

On the south bank, however, there were boats of various sizes, loaded with soldiers, heading towards the north bank.

The heavily guarded northern shore defense line was now useless, allowing the allied forces on the southern shore to land swiftly.

The river crossing operation, which was thought to be the one with the heaviest casualties, ended up happening without costing a single soldier.

At this time, there were still more than ten battlefields of various sizes on the north bank, with hundreds of people, one or two thousand people, or fighting one-on-one.

Han Shizhong's troops, who were the first to cross the river, quickly gathered on the other side and headed straight for the most intense battlefield.

Just because there is Wanyan Liang’s royal flag here.

With a completely different number of people, Han Shizhong quickly surrounded Wanyan Liang and the Wuyanha tribe that had been fighting with him all night, and then shouted in unison: "Drop your swords and surrender!"

But the battlefield was noisy and many people in the two units could not hear it.

Secondly, after fighting all night, both groups were already exhausted. Apart from mechanically swinging their swords, they had no extra energy to pay attention to the situation outside.

Seeing this, Han Shizhong's troops immediately launched two rounds of arrow rain, covering the already small battlefield.
The battlefield was suddenly empty.

It’s the exact time of Chen.

Wanyan An slowly opened his eyes amidst the singing of birds, and the scene before him made him confused. There were windows on all sides, and yellow curtains were gently swaying in the breeze.

This place was neither his sleeping palace in Nanjing nor the tent where he slept during his military campaigns.

After a brief moment of confusion, Wanyan An seemed to suddenly remember something. He stood up abruptly, lifted the curtain and walked out without even bothering to put on his shoes.

At first glance, I saw the lingering smoke from the war on the north bank of the Daling River in the morning light.

Xu Dehai, who had been serving beside the dragon chariot, saw that the little emperor had woken up, and hurried forward with a flattering smile, "Your Majesty is awake! What a great joy! Last night the army crossed the river, and the rebels were almost all killed or wounded. Lord Gao has gone to the other side to count the battle situation! Your Majesty will be able to return to the capital soon!"

Unexpectedly, Wanyan An did not show the joy that Xu Dehai expected. He was stunned for a moment, then suddenly picked up the boots at hand and smashed them towards Xu Dehai. The latter subconsciously dodged.
But just this "hiding" immediately angered Wanyan An. He grabbed a horse whip, jumped off the dragon chariot barefoot, and whipped Xu Dehai on the head, cursing: "You dog slave, you dare to hide! I told you to hide, I told you to hide."

This time Xu Dehai naturally didn't dare to hide anymore. He just held his head and rolled on the ground, wailing and begging for mercy: "I am guilty, I am guilty."

"You are guilty of a great crime! When I was resting yesterday, I told you to wake me up at night! Why didn't you wake me up?"

Wanyan An whipped Xu Dehai a few times, but he was still not satisfied, so he kicked him hard a few times and then said, "Someone, come! Take this dog slave down and chop him up!"

At this time, the guards beside the dragon chariot were all men of Han Chang's nephew Han Qixian. They all heard it clearly, but they looked at each other, hesitating and not daring to move forward.

As the saying goes, when beating a dog, you have to look at its owner. Although Xu Dehai obviously has no relationship with the King of Chu, he comes from the palace of Da Qi. One can guess with one's toes that without the King of Chu's approval, how could he have taken on such an important position as the Chief Eunuch of the Jin Kingdom.

"Have you turned a deaf ear to my words?"

Seeing that the guards did not move, Wanyan An became even angrier and pointed at a lieutenant with a whip and shouted.

Fortunately, perhaps Chai Yuanyi, who stayed on the south bank, heard the noise here and walked quickly over surrounded by a group of palace servants.

Seeing Chai Yuanyi, Wanyan An's arrogance instantly subsided a lot. He was still angry, but his tone was full of grievance, "Mother! Why didn't you wake me up last night!"

"Take Eunuch Xu to apply the medicine"

Chai Yuanyi took a quick look and almost knew the whole story. After giving a simple instruction, he frowned and looked at Wanyan An. His gentle tone was critical, "Your Majesty, why did you beat and scold the palace maids without asking the reason? Last night, I sent people to call Your Majesty three times, but Your Majesty was too sleepy to get up! Or was it Eunuch Xu who suggested to use the dragon chariot to carry Your Majesty to the front line? Who can you blame?"

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Wanyan An couldn't help but pause.

The night before, he was so excited to learn that the Ten Departments had been rectified that he could not sleep all night. He only went to bed yesterday afternoon when he could no longer hold on.

This time, I slept very deeply indeed.

As for whether the queen mother actually called him to get up, he couldn't remember clearly, but since his mother said so, it should be true.

After all, there was no reason for my mother to lie to me.

But in doing so, he would have wronged Xu Dehai, and his mother's words, "Your Majesty beats and scolds people without asking reasons," would also make him lose face.

Perhaps for the sake of face, Wanyan An still said stubbornly: "He is a Han slave, so what if I beat him?"

Hearing him say this, Chai Yuanyi looked cold but didn't say anything else.

However, the expressions of the Han family's subordinates who were also Han people around the dragon chariot were not so natural.

At two quarters past noon, Wanyan An, despite the dissuasion of Chai Yuanyi, Zhang Hao and others, insisted on crossing the river and going to the north bank.

Chai Yuanyi couldn't stop him, so he had to send someone to quietly go to the other side to inform the King of Chu.

The reason why Wanyan An was so anxious was that after several years of life as a puppet, he gradually realized the importance of military power.

Given the current situation, the Han, Liao, and Khitan soldiers in the southern and central capitals cannot be trusted.

Only the Jurchen soldiers who shared the same roots with him would not defect to the King of Chu and would be truly loyal to Wanyan An.

However, the Hezha Army that the late emperor took away from Huanglongfu has been depleted for three years and has been unable to be replenished. Now there are only about 3,000 people left. Their strength is too weak and it is difficult to use them.

Therefore, Wanyan An attached great importance to the 70,000 elite troops on the other side!
As long as Wanyan Liang is killed, he will be the undisputed leader of the Great Jin!

By then, they only need to lie dormant outside the Great Wall for a few years to recuperate, and with the Jin army on the north bank as the backbone, they can re-assemble hundreds of thousands of powerful soldiers!
At that time, if the King of Chu, the Emperor of Zhou and others are sensible, it will be fine. But if they are not, haha, they will definitely be made to taste the same thing as Chai Ji did back then.

But when he set foot on the north bank of the Daling River again after three years, he gradually felt heavy and irritable.

The battlefield, which had not yet been cleaned, was littered with the corpses of Jurchen warriors. The ground beneath their feet had become muddy from being soaked in blood, and it made crackling sounds when they walked on it.

In the sky, vultures attracted by the smell of blood circled in circles, but because of the large number of people below, they were reluctant to land.

Wanyan An was young, and his thoughts were written on his face. His face was so gloomy that it looked like water was dripping from his eyes.
When Gao Cunfu and Zhang Hao, who were in charge of post-war statistics, hurried over, Wanyan An asked, "How many people died? How many are still alive?"

Gao Cunfu seemed to know that the numbers he had just roughly calculated would make the irritable little emperor angry, so he thought for a long time before carefully saying: "The traitor Wanyan Liang's troops were almost completely wiped out, with only more than 3,000 people fleeing north. From Wanyan Liang on, 17 generals and officers were captured."

"Where are Hesheli and his men? How many casualties have been suffered by the ten Jurchen tribes?"

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After hearing Yan An's direct question, Gao Cunfu knew he couldn't avoid it, and couldn't help but glance at Zhang Hao, hoping that the latter would say it, but Zhang Hao bowed and looked at the ground, refusing to make eye contact with him.

Seeing that the young emperor's face was getting worse and worse, Gao Cunfu could only bite the bullet and said, "The leaders of the four tribes, Heshi, Tudan, Pucha, and Nuxi, died in the battle. The leader of the Wuyan tribe, Wuyanha, was seriously injured and is being treated. His life or death is unknown. There are only more than 4,000 soldiers left from the ten tribes, and half of them are injured."

Wanyan An's breathing suddenly became rapid. These warriors who died in the battle were the capital for his comeback!
Over the past few years, the Jin Dynasty first lost 20,000 people under Zongbi in Hebei; later, 50,000 people from Wanyan Mouyan's tribe who were advancing westward were killed at the gate of Dongjing; now, the only 70,000 people left are almost wiped out in Dalingh River.

For the Jurchen tribe, which had only a million people, all the wealth they had accumulated over decades was lost after this war.

But the night before, when Hesheli secretly crossed the river to pay homage, it was clear that both parties had already made an agreement!

Why is the fight so brutal?
This feeling of being full of expectations and then suddenly getting nothing made Wanyan An's anger, which had been accumulating since the morning, finally spiral out of control.

He raised the whip and lashed Gao Cunfu, cursing wildly: "Why is it like this, why is it like this! You said that last night! You are a mediocre and good-for-nothing, and you caused the deaths of 70,000 of my brave warriors." Gao Cunfu was caught off guard, his official hat was whipped off, and he took several steps back in fright.

Wanyan An, who had completely lost his mind, whipped Zhang Hao again, "Good-for-nothing! You all must be buried with my soldiers!"

Zhang Hao is the nominal ruler of the Jin Kingdom!

He could actually have dodged the whip like Gao Cunfu did, but this old minister, perhaps for the sake of the young emperor's face, remained bowed and took the whip anyway.

The whip whipped away a piece of flesh from his old, sad face, blood flowed down his cheek, but he still said: "I am incompetent, please allow me to beg for death, Your Majesty."

Alas, ever since the battle between Jinqi and Hebei, he, the former garrison commander of Nanjing, has never had a peaceful day and has been living in fear all day long.

Later, the Jin Emperor went south to hunt and marched into Nanjing, and the King of Chu subsequently took actual control of the two capitals of Nan and Zhong. Zhang Hao was forced by the situation to do some things for the King of Chu.

But after all, he still had some loyalty to the Jin royal family in his heart.

He is already old, and had no choice but to surrender from Liao to Jin. He is content to be a traitor in this life, and does not want to change his master and become a slave of three families.

Originally, Zhang Hao wanted to hold on for a few more years and retire when Wanyan An was older. But this whipping that did not leave him any face at all made him lose all his willpower, and he just wanted to resign immediately from this position that made him exhausted.

But in Wanyan An's view, this old man not only did not dodge, but even threatened to "resign", which was a naked provocation and showed that he did not take him, the Emperor of the Great Jin Dynasty, seriously at all.

With waves of anger piling up, Wanyan An was so furious that he drew out his guard's sword and shouted with red eyes, "Old dog! I'll kill you!"

Back then, Wanyan Tan was like this, often getting angry and killing people. Now Wanyan An has learned everything from him.

But the person in front of me is the Prime Minister of the Great Jin Dynasty!

For a moment, Xu Dehai, who had just been whipped, did not dare to stop him, for fear of being chopped by Wanyan An.

Only Chai Yuanyi rushed forward and hugged Wanyan An from behind, "Stop! Lord Zhang is a pillar of the country!"

But Wanyan An, who had fallen into a state of madness, was still struggling frantically, shouting and cursing, "Old dog, accept your death!"

Chai Yuanyi was so anxious that he freed one hand and slapped Wanyan An in the face, angrily shouting, "Your Majesty, are you crazy?"

There was a sudden silence all around.

Although this little emperor is crazy, he is still the ruler of a country after all!

Slap him
Wanyan An was slapped in the face and felt that everyone was looking at him. Under the gaze of everyone, Wanyan An turned around abruptly, raised his arm and pointed the tip of the knife at Chai Yuanyi, his eyes were red, as if he wanted to bite someone!
Chai Yuanyi had never seen Wanyan An look at her like this before, and she was startled and took two steps back.

Xu Dehai hurriedly stepped forward, standing between the mother and son, and shouted, "Your Majesty! The Queen Mother is your mother!"

This shout did some good after all. Wanyan An did not continue to charge forward, but he was slapped in front of everyone. The anger in his heart could not be calmed for a while, and he subconsciously expressed his anger with words, "My mother died in Huanglong Mansion ten years ago!"

The chaos here has already attracted countless eyes.

In the Jin army, the remaining soldiers from Wanyan Liang's army and the ten Jurchen tribes were temporarily detained as prisoners.

The Hezha army led by Saipuli, Wulewen and others was sent to the northwest to pursue the remnants half an hour ago.

Most of the people around were soldiers from Qi and Zhou.

Wu Gong, Zhang Duofu and others couldn't help but move closer, wanting to see what was going on.

However, they were blocked by Yang Dalang's troops who arrived earlier. It was not until they saw the little emperor draw his sword that the head of the Fifth Regiment, Xiang Jing, said, "General! Something might happen. Please ask the prince to come over!"

Just as Dalang was about to order someone to invite Chen Chu, he saw a group of cavalry galloping towards him.

As brothers for many years, they knew who was coming just by their figures. Dalang's subordinates immediately made way for Chen Chu and his party to pass quickly.

"Why is your majesty so angry?"

Chen Chu dismounted, and his eldest son and Xiao Yi followed closely.

Today, Wanyan An was furious, and even though he had some unspeakable fear of Chen Chu, he still angrily questioned when he thought of the tens of thousands of soldiers who died in vain, "Hesheli had an agreement with you the night before, why did so many soldiers die today?"

"In war, there will be casualties"

Chen Chu stood with his hands behind his back, looking down at Wanyan An and said indifferently.

Upon hearing this, the latter's anger, which had just subsided, suddenly surged again. He waved his fingers around and said angrily: "Then why weren't the Han army dead? Not the Khitan army? Not your Huaibei army! Why were all the soldiers of the Great Jin dead!"

"That's true. All countries put aside their past grudges and provided their own food and supplies to help Your Majesty achieve the great unification. This is out of justice! But after all, this is your Jin's internal affairs. If your Jin soldiers don't charge into battle, will all my Qi, Zhou and Xia soldiers die? Will Your Majesty be satisfied if the Jin soldiers just watch the fun from the sidelines?"

In terms of verbal disputes, the young Wanyan An certainly couldn't win over Chen Chu, and he couldn't help but feel angry and anxious, and subconsciously looked at Chai Yuanyi, Zhang Hao and others.
In the past, the Queen Mother and the Prime Minister would always speak up for him in front of outsiders.

But at this time, Chai Yuanyi looked down with a calm face, and Zhang Hao was in disarray. Both of them chose to turn a blind eye to Wanyan An's embarrassing situation.

Wanyan An felt betrayed again. Perhaps he wanted to prove his courage, or perhaps he was simply so angry that he pointed the steel knife in his hand at Chen Chu and shouted, "I know you have bad intentions! When I grow up, I will definitely..."

Although he didn't dare to say "I will tear you into pieces", Wanyan An took two steps forward, trying to scare Chen Chu.

However, Chen Chu still kept his hands behind his back and looked down. Wanyan An had no way to go down, so he took two more steps.

But just as he approached within three steps of Chen Chu, he saw the eldest son raised his foot and kicked the steel knife in Wanyan An's hand away, and then kicked him five or six steps away with another kick.
Wanyan An sat on the ground and slid for a distance before looking around in confusion. He seemed unable to believe that the people around the King of Chu dared to kick him.

He looked at Chai Yuanyi out of habit. The latter still kept looking at the ground.

Since waking up today, Wanyan An has had a lot of experiences.

From waking up in a bad mood after oversleeping, to learning that the Jin army on the north bank had suffered heavy casualties and all his hopes were dashed, to being humiliated by the King of Chu's subordinates.
Wanyan An finally couldn't hold it anymore, "I am the emperor of the Great Jin! Today's humiliation will be repaid tenfold tomorrow."

"Your Majesty is ill. Come, take Your Majesty back to the camp to rest."

The guards who had been unable to be controlled by Wanyan An just now, upon hearing the King of Chu speak, hurriedly picked up Wanyan An and went to the shore.

But Wanyan An still did not stop, struggling hard in the guards' arms, and shouted: "Sepuli, Olewen, where are you! Someone wants to rebel, come and help me."

After a few breaths, the shouting suddenly stopped, and it turned out that a guard covered Wanyan An's mouth.

Chen Chu first stepped forward to inquire about Zhang Hao's injuries. The old minister's injuries were not serious, and he then talked about retiring and returning home.

Chen Chu said, "After the war, it will take many years to recover. Lord Zhang is familiar with the geography and customs of the north. How can the future reconstruction be without a prudent old minister like you? Let's not talk about this matter again."

Zhang Hao didn't say anything, but for some reason, two lines of tears suddenly rolled out of his eyes.

After everyone dispersed, Chen Chu finally walked to Chai Yuanyi's side. The two of them looked at the Daling River, which was dyed pink by blood. After a long silence, Chen Chu suddenly said, "This little emperor can't be kept."

Chai Yuanyi did not answer, but nodded and said, "Can the king grant me one thing?"

"Oh? Tell me."

"Then let me do it."

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Chen Chu looked at Chai Yuanyi in surprise and said, "You? Can you do that?"

Chai Yuanyi sighed quietly and said in a complicated tone: "After all, we are mother and son. I didn't give birth to him, so I sent him off, which can be considered as the complete mother-son relationship." (End of this chapter)