Me and countless me.

Chapter 631: Tianjie tramples all the bones of the prince

Would the people of the Song Dynasty resist invasion?

Of course it will, Yai Shan is proof of that.

However, the tragedy at Yai Shan was not because the Song Dynasty was so good, but because the brutality of the Mongols was already well known, and they were so powerful that even surrendering was worse than death.

Therefore, many soldiers and civilians would rather die than submit to the Mongols. And the facts proved that the Mongols' brutality reached an extremely abstract level, and they didn't even last until the dynastic cycle took effect before they collapsed.

However, things were different on Li Ke's side. The civilians, who should have suffered the most casualties, did not suffer many casualties. Instead, the homes of the high-ranking officials and nobles, who should have survived under normal circumstances, were breached!
"Help! Help!"

A son of a high-ranking official, seeing the soldiers he used to look down on rushing towards him, couldn't help but take out some silver and subconsciously spoke in a condescending tone!

"Gentlemen, isn't it all about money? I have plenty of money here, I am—"

But before he could finish speaking, his head was chopped off. The leading Song soldier spat and spoke disdainfully.

"Pah! I'll kill you, and the money'll still be mine!"

After saying that, he looked at the maidservant beside the young master. When he was still a soldier, these maidservants were all arrogant and haughty. They were all slaves, but they thought they were much more noble than them. They acted more like ladies and mistresses than the young ladies. They even made him eat dog food, saying it was a reward for him!
Now is the perfect time to settle scores and avenge wrongs!

"You called me a dog back then, and now you're going to have puppies for this dog!"

He grabbed the maid by the hair and dragged her away amidst her cries, a maid who had never treated the lower classes as human beings.

The maid kept begging for mercy, so when they passed by Liu Bilie's personal guards and saw them protecting the maids and even some young ladies as they left, they immediately shouted out!
"Sir, save me! Save me!"

She'd rather be with the Mongols than be with people who had served in the Song Dynasty!
At least the Mongols were never slaves, unlike these Song soldiers who were slaves, but workers! They were the lowest of the low!
However, Liu Bilie's personal guards only glanced at her before coldly looking away.

They have already interrogated the women, and it turns out that most of the high-ranking maids in this mansion have some kind of blood on their hands. They either cheat others or don't treat the servants below them like human beings.

But a few trembling, rough-looking old women came over, examined her, and then shook their heads.

"Sir, she has already served the emperor. Besides, her reputation isn't good..."

So the maid watched helplessly as Liu Bilie's personal guard casually waved his hand, and the soldier who was dragging her happily continued to drag him away!
On the contrary, the maids who used to be lowly servants were now being protected by Liu Bilie's personal guards.

Meanwhile, among the scholarly families on the side, the once talented men glared angrily at the soldiers.

“We are the Eight Talented Scholars of Qilin! You are all well aware of our names. Even if dynasties change, our names will surely catch the eye of His Majesty Li! How dare you trespass into our home!”

These people, who used to be known for their refined manners and frequent poetry and wine gatherings, now speak with unwavering righteousness and indignation, as if Li Ke would accept them.

However, they did suppress the gentry of the Song Dynasty, and this is precisely why Li Ke allowed Liu Bilie to act arbitrarily.

Without hesitation, the soldiers Liu Bilie brought from Dadu stepped forward and slashed, and then a scholar's hand flew out!

The scholar seemed not to have reacted yet, and only after seeing his hand fly out did he grab his arm in horror.

"My hands! My hands! My hands that can write novels, play with women, and drink! You're fully responsible for this, I'll make sure your whole family..."

But before he could finish speaking, the Mongol guards, who had failed to deliver a fatal blow, waved their hands in frustration, and his head flew off. The last thing he saw was his paintings and poems being trampled by those soldiers, and the orders given by the Mongol soldiers.

"Rob!"

So these Song Dynasty soldiers, who had previously been fearful, swarmed forward and began killing and looting!

However, as before, the lowest-ranking servants were unharmed, while the stewards and high-ranking servants were dragged out along with their masters and slaughtered like cattle and sheep on the streets of Lin'an.

"I am the Minister of War! I am the Minister of War! You shouldn't treat me like this! I want to see Li Ke! I want to see Li Ke!"

The Ministers of War, their hair being grabbed, were dragged by soldiers in full armor to Liu Bilie's presence. Liu Bilie, who was watching the soldiers attack the inner city of the palace, glanced at one of the Ministers of War and then couldn't help but look at his deputy.

"Why did you bring this person here? Don't you know that our lord's intention is to kill all these high-ranking men and distribute all the women to be the wives and concubines of the soldiers?"

He paused, looked at his deputy with amusement, and asked the question.

"Did he give you money?"

Liu Bilie didn't even glance at the Minister of War, while his deputy gave him a simple, honest smile.

"Yes, he said he would tell me where the silver he hid was if he could meet the general."

Hearing this, Liu Bilie curled his lip and looked at the Minister of War. He knew immediately that his Mongol generals had been fooled again. After all, when it came to deceiving people, the Mongols were no match for the scheming Song people.

So he looked sternly at the Minister of War of the Song Dynasty.

"Now you can speak, or I'll kill you right now. And if my subordinate doesn't see the silver, you'll die too. You can say whatever you want after he gets the silver."

His words made the Minister of War's heart skip a beat, but he had no choice but to speak up.

"Although there is still some silver hidden in the family home, there is also silver in my old house in Fuzhou..."

Upon hearing this, the Mongol general angrily drew his scimitar, intending to kill the man.

After all, Lin'an is quite a distance from Fuzhou, and the Minister of War's words were clearly just a way to fool him!
When the Minister of War saw the scimitar in the Mongol's hand, he panicked and spoke without thinking.

"General, do you not know that your achievements are so great that they threaten the emperor? Now that you have led the heavenly army to destroy the Song Dynasty, although it is in accordance with the will of Heaven, your prestige now shakes the land and your achievements surpass those of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors. How will you conduct yourself in the future, General!"

The Minister of War, looking at the fully armored soldiers around him, immediately rallied them.

In his view, Liu Bilie represented the strongest power in the world, and he was a Mongol, so the Mongol methods of negotiation could not be used.

However, he firmly believed that the Mongols also needed someone to rule the world, and that it was impossible to really kill all these high-ranking officials and nobles, nor was it possible to supply them with unlimited amounts of food and oil forever.

In the end, they will still rely on Han landlords and officials. This can be seen from the fact that almost 80% of the Han generals around Liu Bilie. So why can't it be him?
Moreover, he didn't believe that any emperor could tolerate a general who had made such great contributions, especially since this general was not from the same ethnic group as that person, or even from the same system!
But before he could finish speaking, Liu Bilie jumped up like a child whose toe had been stepped on. Without hesitation, he drew the sword that Li Ke had given him when he received the armor, cleaved open the Minister of War's mouth, and then angrily cursed, "Chop this ungrateful, treacherous, and arrogant wretch who dares to slander my lord, the sun, into mincemeat and let him be trampled by ten thousand horses!"

Liu Bilie broke out in a cold sweat. He glanced at the Imperial Guards sitting contentedly beside him. Although their strength was inferior to his own, he had other loyal generals clad in true qi armor, and even the troops he had incorporated would stand by his side without hesitation. Moreover, their supplies were enough for a year. It could be said that he really had a chance. But he knew—

Li Ke is inhuman!
Thinking about Li Ke's actions and the things he brought out, as well as the Fierce Tiger King who was performing nunchaku with the Minister of War, Liu Bilie roared in his heart.

"Tell me, is Li Ke even human?! Is he even human?!"

Upon recalling what he had just heard, Liu Bilie couldn't help but wipe the cold sweat from his forehead. He then looked sharply at the Song generals who were eager to make their move and were even pulling out their yellow robes from their robes. He immediately spoke in a serious tone.

"My loyalty to His Majesty is as clear as day! Anyone who is disloyal to His Majesty Li Ke is the greatest insult to me, Liu Bilie! If I do not hunt them down to the ends of the earth, may I, Liu Bilie, be condemned by both gods and men, and struck by lightning!"

After he finished swearing, he picked up his sword and looked at the Song soldiers who wanted to take out the yellow robe. Under his piercing gaze, they silently put the yellow robe back in their hands.

But they couldn't understand why Liu Bilie wouldn't go it alone with such a good opportunity.

Is the timing wrong?
Seeing that they had finally given up, Liu Bilie waved his hand wearily.

"There's no need to send any more officials over. Just think about the Emperor's teachings. Which official in the capital is innocent? Let them all be sent to the Song Emperor to die."

At this point, Liu Bilie also admired the Song Dynasty emperors. They had such a huge empire, so much money, and so many people, yet they were not united at all, and so many officials did not know how to focus their efforts on one thing.

So he wanted to see where the Song Dynasty emperors were.

At that moment, cheers erupted at the palace gates. With the sound of the gates opening, Liu Bilie saw soldiers rushing into the palace.

"Pass on my orders! Not a single palace maid is to be moved! Anyone who disobeys will be executed! Books are also forbidden to be destroyed or kept privately! As for the gold and silver, let them do as they please! Those who follow the rules will be rewarded, but those who violate them will be executed!"

Liu Bilie immediately began to speak. He knew very well that Li Ke did not like those luxury goods and preferred research and construction more often.

So for him, it didn't really matter whether he was emperor or not. Li Ke was willing to give him supplies and trust him, and he liked the feeling of conquest.

Li Ke even said that any land outside of China that he conquered would be his own, and he could be made a king.

Therefore, at this moment, Liu Bilie was truly loyal to Li Ke, and for this reason, he wanted to show his loyalty to Li Ke's little hobby!
"Serve the three palaces and six courtyards, all the palace maids and concubines well! And those young ladies from official families, if you see a pretty one, don't let her go, plunder them all, and then use them as our gifts to His Majesty! Anyone who dares to touch them, I will kill their entire family! After all, our His Majesty is still living alone! Especially those who have given birth to daughters! Anyone who touches them will die! Do you understand!"

Although Li Ke already had Guo Fu and Huang Rong, Liu Bilie felt that it was not good for the future Heavenly Khan's harem to have so few people.

Moreover, Huang Rong and the like are really not qualified to be empresses. He even felt that Guo Fu was a little lacking. At the very least, she should be a princess or a powerful local figure!
The moment he uttered these words, Liu Bilie heard a burst of laughter. He immediately turned around and saw only a group of fully armored soldiers. No one was laughing, but everyone was looking strangely in the direction of the Imperial Guards.

Imperial Guards: "…………"

The Imperial Guard didn't speak; he just stood there silently, saying nothing.

Then, a wicked smile appeared on Liu Bilie's face.

He put his arm around the guard's shoulder and spoke very sincerely.

"This Imperial Guard, you don't want His Majesty to know that you're laughing at his ambitions, do you..."

Therefore, this imperial guard had no choice but to call out the names of his dozens of hidden imperial guard comrades, who were protecting Li Ke so that he could not obtain the three palaces and six courtyards when Liu Bilie's men went to rob the high-ranking officials.

Liu Bilie's purpose in sending these imperial guards away was quite simple.

"Kill them! Kill them all!"

Liu Bilie coldly looked at the Mongol envoys. He was genuinely worried that Li Ke would temporarily reconcile with the Mongols. He knew that in Li Ke's strategy, the Mongols would only be a part of the empire in the future, but he was unwilling to accept it!
If it weren't for Huang Rong, according to Li Ke's plan, he wouldn't have launched his rebellion until at least next year. But now that the Song Dynasty has been annihilated, it means that, given Li Ke's personality, it would have taken at least a year.

So he wanted to provoke the Mongols and get those who oppressed him to send troops!
Therefore, he had to send away the guard squads that might obstruct him, first using his ruthless iron hand to drag the envoys from the various tribes of the steppe off their horses, then using devastating blows to turn them into human sticks, then massacre their followers and families, and finally bring them to the executioner's block by the Heavenly Khan, taking the humiliation to the extreme!

After he finished doing this, his subordinates finally brought good news.

The Song Dynasty emperor has been found!
but……

"I say, Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, you really look like a woman."

Liu Bilie looked at the Song Dynasty's pseudo-emperor dressed as a palace maid, trying to escape disguised as a woman, and couldn't help but laugh. He knew that if he really presented this thing to Li Ke, he would definitely be able to make the true emperor of this land, the Heavenly Emperor Li Ke, smile.

But then—

He felt he could be slapped off the city wall by Li Ke with the words, "Don't put such nonsense in front of me, it's an insult to my intelligence and eyes!"

So he waved his hand.

"As my lord commands, kill them."

He paused, looked at the pseudo-emperor of the Song Dynasty who had already urinated, and pinched his nose in disgust.

Thus, in less than two months, the Song Dynasty was destroyed!
But at this moment——

"Be careful not to be discovered by the Imperial Guards!"

Li Mochou, holding her two disciples, sneaked into Li Ke's room without alerting anyone, under the watchful eyes of hundreds of guards!

Even their personal guards carefully made noise, afraid that Li Ke would discover them!

And what about Xiaolongnu, the protagonist of The Return of the Condor Heroes, at this time?

She's on her way on horseback!

(End of this chapter)