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Chapter 408 My Way (Finale)

When Song Jiang led his troops into the palace, how could Zhao Gou have any autonomy?

However, no matter how rude he was, when Hei Sanlang came to invite the emperor, he also sent Guo Sheng and Duan Jingzhu to the harem and took Queen Wu away.

Logically speaking, the situation was hopeless and the best outcome for Song Jiang was to lead Zhao Gou to surrender.

Maybe he won't become rich and powerful, but as a fellow Liangshan clan, he can survive by relying on his merits.

But Song Jiang was unwilling to bow his head. He thought of those unknown brothers in Liangshan in the past, who were now all meritorious officials of the Yan Dynasty and would definitely bully him.

Rather than living a miserable life, it would be better to go to Fang La’s old nest and become the king of the mountain, just like he did before when he managed Liangshan.

Heisablang’s thoughts are also Wu Yong’s thoughts.

Liangshan was able to gather 108 heroes, and this wise man was the one who contributed the most. However, his method of luring people to the mountain was not honorable, and there was a possibility that he would be framed if he surrendered, so he urged Song Jiang to take the emperor away.

As for the others, such as Hua Rong and Dai Zong, although they did not have the obsession of the two leaders, they had become accustomed to following Song Jiang for many years, so they would go wherever their brother went.

While Song Jiang entered the palace to kidnap Zhao Gou, Wu Yong gathered his troops and waited outside the city, ready to pick up Zhao Gou and head up the Fuchun River to Qingxi, Fang La's old nest.

Shortly after leaving Hangzhou, Dai Zong arrived in front of the army and reported: "The troops of Lord Chongde (Song Jiang) and Marquis Shangyu (Fang La) are gathering in Fuyang. It is estimated that by the time we arrive in the afternoon, about 70% of the troops will be gathered."

"Seventy percent is enough."

Wu Yong took over and reminded, "You can ask Fang La to send another message to the troops far away. If they really can't make it, don't go to Fuyang. You can evacuate to Shaoxing Prefecture and Qingyuan Prefecture (Ningbo), and spread the news that we want to go to sea for refuge, so as to mislead the attention of the Yan army."

"Wonderful."

Song Jiang clapped his hands in delight and urged Dai Zong, "Hurry up and tell Fang La to follow Xiao Shanbo's (Wu Yong) plan."

"Yes."

The army marched quickly all the way and arrived in Fuyang before dusk that day.

Seeing Fang La already lined up and waiting, Song Jiang said to Wu Yong with a smile: "This Shangyu Marquis is really serious. It will be dark in less than half an hour, but he still assembled a large army to welcome the emperor. He is really thoughtful."

"Why do I feel like this is wrong? Shouldn't he take the initiative to come forward to welcome the emperor? Why is he just standing there?"

"It's true."

Song Jiang immediately became alert and murmured, "Is this guy trying to take away the emperor and replace us?"

"I don't know, but be careful anyway."

As soon as Wu Yong finished speaking, Song Jiang summoned Hua Rong and whispered to him to prepare a plan for a fight in advance.

Soon, the two sides met.

Song Jiang waved his hand to stop the battle, frowned and looked at Fang La and asked: "Why is the Shangyu Marquis not coming forward to welcome the emperor, but setting up the battle array here? What is his intention?"

"Nothing else."

Fang La held the saddle with his hand and said with a smile: "I want to persuade Lord Chongde to turn back and bring His Majesty back to surrender to Emperor Dayan."

"Fang La, a loyal minister should not serve two masters. Do you want to rebel?"

"You first served Zhao Huan as a minister, but later switched to Zhao Gou. You told me that you would not serve two masters?"

"Bastard!"

Song Jiang was furious and shouted, "I, Song Jiang, am loyal to the Song Dynasty. Your Majesty ordered me to succeed the throne. How can you generalize? Yang Chang and I both left Liangshan and refused to surrender. You have no friendship with him. How can you expect to get a high position and generous salary if you surrender? It's not too late to turn back now. I will ask Your Majesty to forgive you for your rude words."

"Hahaha."

Fang La laughed when he heard this and said meaningfully, "Who said I have no friendship with him? All my subordinates are followers of the Ming Cult, and the Emperor of Dayan is called the Lord of Light and Heaven. He is our true god. Why not submit to the true god?"

"What did you say?"

Song Jiang didn't know whether to laugh or cry after hearing this. "He is just an ordinary person. I was the one who gave him the nickname of Guangming Tianzun. You regard him as a god because of this. Are you crazy?"

"Foolish, God has thousands of incarnations, and you said this name, it means he chose you"

"Crazy, you are crazy, Hua Rong!"

Hua Rong drew his bow and arrow when he heard the order, but Fang La was already prepared.

Pang Wanchun in the back shot the arrow first, and Hua Rong was shot down as soon as he pulled the bowstring to full length.

"Hua Rong!"

"Capture Song Jiang and Zhao Gou and present them to the Bright Heavenly Lord!"

"kill!"

"Brother, it's dangerous!"

It was approaching dusk, and Song Jiang's troops had been marching for most of the day and no longer had much energy left to fight. Facing Fang La, who was well-rested and waiting for them, they had almost no strength to put up a fight.

At that time, Fang La's army was behind them, with the flooded Fuchun River on the right and ambushes emerging from the woods on the left. Song Jiang's army of more than 10,000 was scattered in an instant.

He originally wanted to take Zhao Gou with him and run away, but he himself was almost captured.

Fortunately, Dai Zong found him in the chaos of the army and took him away using his magical powers.

Fang La took advantage of the night to kill and chased Song Jiang for dozens of miles. The last ten thousand or so of Song Jiang's troops were killed and scattered like stars.

The battle is over.

Song Qing and Zhao Gou and his wife were captured by Fang La's army. Mu Chun, Du Qian and Huang Xin were killed in the chaos, while Wu Yong, Bai Sheng and Duan Jingzhu disappeared.

Although Guo Sheng and Hu Yanzhuo fought their way out of the encirclement, they encountered the vanguard of the Yan Army in Yuhang at dawn. Guo Sheng was knocked down by Zhang Qing's flying stones, while Hu Yanzhuo was defeated by Ruan Xiaoqi and was eventually captured alive by him due to exhaustion.

On August 18, the Qiantang River tide surged like a mighty army.

Yang Chang also led the men of Dayan and entered Hangzhou in an unstoppable manner. Fang La then took Zhao Gou to offer his captives.

Zhao Gou returned to the palace and looked at Yang Chang sitting on the throne. His thoughts were brought back to many years ago.

Tokyo Yumako Cuju Field.

Zhao Gou, who was just named King Kang, was arrogant and proud, but was knocked away by the man in front of him with the ball. He thought he was just a strong and rough man, but unexpectedly, this man relied on his strength to reach the pinnacle of life step by step.

He was in a daze at the moment, thinking that he would be free if he died, but he heard Yang Chang say: "Zhao Gou, considering that you were once an emperor and your mother also redeemed her sins in the Jin Kingdom, I will spare your life and confer the title of Rat Gallbladder Marquis."

"Rat courage."

After Zhao Gou was taken away from the hall, Yang Chang encouraged Fang La and conferred him a higher title, ordering him to assist the court in pacifying the south of the Yangtze River.

Fang La bowed his head in thanks, then stood up and added, "Your Majesty, although Song Jiang's whereabouts are unknown, he once asked me to send troops to Shaoxing and Qingyuan to create the illusion of going out to sea. Could he have really gone out to sea?"

"Your Majesty, I am willing to go out to sea to pursue him!"

Ruan Xiaoqi volunteered to go out, but Yang Chang waved his hand slightly and said, "The sea is vast and there is a high risk of death. There is no need to take risks. He can't make a big wave. Let's focus our energy on pacifying Jiangnan."

"Yes."

"However, after great chaos comes great order. Since you have taken the lead in volunteering, the defense of Qingyuan will be handed over to you. You must quickly return the lives of the people to normal."

"The minister obeys the order."

Yang Chang nodded happily, and suddenly thought of someone, so he asked Lin Chong: "Where is Yue Fei? Isn't he in Hangzhou? Zhao Gou has surrendered, but he hasn't come to see me yet?"

"It seems like he got sick suddenly."

"Is this true? I'll go and see for myself."

Jiangnan was developed by Sun Quan during the Three Kingdoms period, and after hundreds of years of development during the Jin and Tang dynasties, it became the money bag of the imperial court since the Song Dynasty. Yang Chang knew that this land was deep, and he brought hundreds of thousands of troops across the river, not only to eliminate the forces, but also to pilot reforms in Jiangnan.

Historically, the kings who founded a country have had powerful generals fighting for them in front of them and various powerful people supporting them with money, food and weapons behind them. After they have pacified the world, they will share the fruits of victory.

Liu Xiu's restoration of the Han Dynasty helped the aristocratic families gain benefits, Li Tang's conquest of the world concentrated the benefits on the Guanlong nobles, and Zhao Kuangyin gave up military power over a cup of wine and shared the world with the literati.
Yang Chang mainly relied on himself to conquer the world. Most of the generals under his command were brothers from Liangshan. He also saved money and accumulated food bit by bit by bit after reforming the land system in Hedong.

Therefore, he did not rely on generals in front or local tyrants in the back, and he did not need to compromise with anyone. The intensity of his reforms was unprecedented.

Yang Chang had been in charge of Hangzhou for half a year. With his extremely high prestige and the myth and legend of the Guangming Tianzun, and with the full cooperation of Fang La, major actions such as equal distribution of land and investigation of hidden households were carried out in full swing in the south of the Yangtze River without encountering much resistance.

The first year of Guangming, the end of the year.

Ruan Xiaoqi returned to Hangzhou from Qingyuan Prefecture to pay a visit and brought a few old friends with him.

"Li Jun, Tong Wei, Tong Meng, what are you doing..."

"Your Majesty, when we left Song Jiang, we were going to find a place to live in seclusion, but we encountered a storm when we went out to sea, and accidentally arrived in Ryukyu, where we settled down."

Li Jun told the story slowly, saying that he had been fishing in Ryukyu not long ago and rescued a damaged boat, on which were Song Jiang, Wu Yong, Dai Zong and Meng Kang.

Did Song Jiang really go out to sea?

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Yang Chang found it incredible and immediately asked, "Where are they?"

"Dai Zong could not stand the storm at sea and died a few days after landing. Song Jiang and Wu Yong instigated the common people to declare themselves kings of Ryukyu. I learned about your majesty's reputation from Meng Kang and immediately brought them back to apologize. Unfortunately, I relaxed my vigilance halfway through, and Song and Wu Yong committed suicide by jumping into the sea. In the end, I only brought back Meng Kang."

"Respect other people's choices. I will definitely celebrate my reunion with you. Ryukyu? It's time to send someone to govern it."

After Yang Chang conquered Jiangnan in one fell swoop, he released the Jin envoy Xiao Qing who was traveling with him and asked him to urge the Jin court to pay the annual tribute. Otherwise, the hundreds of thousands of idle tigers and wolves in Dayan would all head to the northern border.

At that time, Liu Yu was the only small force left in Dayan, and Yang Chang could destroy him with a snap of a finger.

Xiao Qing was aware of the danger of the Jin Kingdom, and he rode all the way to Shangjing. Nianhan and others were frightened by the rise of Dayan and had to spend money to buy peace.

After Yang Changping pacified the country, he was not in a hurry to go north to destroy the Jin Dynasty. He needed time to promote reforms and develop people's livelihood, so he never mentioned the Northern Expedition.

After several years of governance, the Yan State's treasury was full and its people were prosperous.

The Jin Kingdom, which made its fortune from wars, would lose the quick cash aid if it lost the war, and at the same time it had to pay high annual tribute. Life became more and more difficult, but it did not dare to mobilize troops due to the power of Yang Chang.

The Jurchen nobles fought for their own interests. Important officials such as Talai, Pucha Shijianu and Eluguan died in internal strife. Prime Minister Nianhan and Deputy Prime Minister Erliduo died of illness one after another.

Eight years of light.

Yang Chang abdicated the throne to Crown Prince Yang Huang, and together with Hu Sanniang, Zhao Fujin, and Qiu Qiongying, he went out into the world to practice Taoism and seek immortality.

When the news reached Shangjing, the Jin people mistakenly believed that Yang Chang was dead, so they announced to the public that Hela, who had been dead for eight years, had passed away, and supported Wanyan Liang to succeed the throne.

Nine years of light.

Wanyan Liang used the excuse of Dayan's oppression to mobilize all his troops and march south to start a war.

How would the Jin people know?

Dayan has never stopped practicing the art of stopping war, and has been waiting for this day for a long time.

The reason why Yang Chang did not attack Jin was to leave the opportunity to his son. How could an excellent king not understand military strategies?

When the intelligence was passed back, Yang Huang swore an oath to his troops in Bianliang.

Li Yanxian was appointed as the Marshal of the Right Army, commanding Zhang Qing, Dong Ping, Han Shizhong, Xiao Gong and other generals to leave Yanjing; Yang Huang personally led Wu Song, Yue Fei, Yang Zhi, Shi Jin and other generals to leave Yanmen.

Early June.

Yang Huang repelled the enemy in Yunzhong, and the army marched to Shuozhou for rest.

At night, he discussed the strategy of sending troops with other generals. When Wu Song was the only one left in the big tent, Yang Huang could not help but sigh: "This Yue Fei is indeed a talent. No wonder my father wants me to use him. If we follow his ideas, we will probably be able to attack Huanglong soon."

"The Emperor is very wise, Your Majesty, just be calm and be bold. However, it is such a big event to conquer the Jin Dynasty, why doesn't he come down the mountain to help?"

Seeing Wu Song frowning in confusion, Yang Huang smiled and explained: "My father wants me to be self-reliant and strong. All external forces are ultimately unreliable. Having him secretly watching over this country has helped me a lot. How can I disturb him and my mothers from enjoying themselves?"

"Your Majesty is right. Remember, before the Emperor abdicated, he told you to listen to the people and not be deceived by the prosperity in front of you. He will become an invisible sword hanging over the heads of those powerful people. If anyone does something wrong and cuts off the livelihood of the people, he will come down from the mountain to punish them."

"Yes, but in the past year or so, I have only heard of the Guangming Tianzun appearing twice, and I don't know where my father is."

As the emperor and his ministers were expressing their feelings, the imperial guard Ma Baoguo happily rushed in and said excitedly, "Your Majesty, the Great Dharma Master who protects the country has arrived. He said that he has come down the mountain to guide your majesty in accordance with the order of the Supreme Lord of Light and Heaven."

"Oh? Hurry up and announce it!"

Yang Huang was overjoyed when he heard this, thinking that his father was still thinking about him.

Wu Song went straight out of the tent to meet him. He and Lu Zhishen had not been partners for many years and he did not expect that they could fight together at this time. When he saw Lu Zhishen, he found that there was someone behind him.

Later, Wu Song led the two men into the tent, and couldn't suppress his smile: "Your Majesty, who's here?"

"Auntie!"

Yang Huang jumped up immediately.

Qiu Qiongying had taught the young emperor most of his martial arts skills. When they met, she said cheerfully, "Now that you are the emperor, you should act more prudently."

"I'm happy. By the way, Auntie, why are you here alone? Didn't my father and the others come?"

"them?"

Qiu Qiongying shook her head and smiled, "I'm naturally free and easy in the mountains, but my way is different from theirs, and is more suitable for battlefield training, so I came to help Your Majesty."

"Oh? What mountain?"

Yang Huang asked in surprise, but saw Qiu Qiongying glanced at Lu Zhishen.

"Amitabha."

Mount Wutai is also one of Yang Chang’s places of seclusion, where he could occasionally meet Lu Zhishen.

At this moment.

A guest came to the hermitage, and Yang Chang really had no time to go down the mountain.

Under the pine pavilion in the mountains, in front of a square stone table.

"Thirty thousand!"

"Eight items."

"bump."

"No, I messed up!"

Yang Chang looked sideways and saw that Luo Zhenren had indeed won the game. He immediately smiled and said, "Zhenren knows how to do it at a glance, and his luck is so good. Let's remember to visit more often and make friends through playing cards."

"It's all thanks to fellow Taoists and their Taoist companions. However, this method of relieving boredom is quite interesting."

After finishing his words, Luo Zhenren picked up his whisk and asked curiously, "But there is one thing I don't understand. Since you have already established your foundation and transcended the world, you seem to be in and out of the human world quite often. Aren't you afraid of being contaminated by the calamities of the mortal world?"

"There are three thousand great ways, each one is different. The one who shows himself to be holy in the world is my way."

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