Chapter 1009: The Emperor Hated by His Descendants
There are corpses everywhere!

Rivers of blood!
The tragic and passionate fighting spirit made the Liao people labeled as "tragic".

Yelu Hongji was watching as the Liao army was about to rush to the front of the Song army's position. Suddenly, the ground seemed to be rolling as if by a dragon, and sounds similar to those of artillery fire came from underground.

In an instant, the Khitan cavalry, who were about to charge at the Song army with joy, were blown to pieces.

A blink of an eye.

Before the two armies came into contact, the Liao people had suffered more than 100,000 casualties!

"What's going on? Are the Song people blessed by ghosts and gods? Why can't we get closer even if we try to get closer?"

Yelu Hongji didn't know that Su Mingzhe had ordered his men to bury 50,000 landmines overnight.

And now only one-third of the mines have been detonated.

If the Liao army continued to attack, the losses would be even greater.

Fortunately, at this time, the grassland tribal warriors who surrendered to the Song people began to attack the Liao people.

A full 300,000 grassland tribal warriors should have been loyal to Yelu Hongji.

Because of the Khitans' brutality towards the grassland tribes, these grassland tribes all defected to the Song people.

Now, these grassland tribes followed the Song people and launched an attack on their original master, the Liao Emperor.

This is what happens when you are deserted by your friends and family!

Yelu Hongji's chest felt increasingly stuffy, he couldn't breathe, his vision went dark, and he fainted from his horse.

……

"This is the result of being deserted by everyone!"

Su Mingzhe led his troops around the minefield and smiled at the two beauties in his arms:

"The Song Dynasty has come, and the blue sky has come too. You no longer have to fear Yelu Hongji's brutality!"

Xiao Tansi, who was in his thirties, did not speak a word. He just looked coldly at the Khitan Pi Shi army wailing in pain in the distance with his clear and beautiful eyes.

Xiao Wo Telan, who was not even thirty years old, had specially dressed up today. Seeing the man was so proud, she quickly complimented him:
"Your Majesty is merciful. From now on, this place will be the territory of the Song Dynasty. We Khitans will no longer have to suffer the tyranny of the Yelu family!"

The surname Xiao is a descendant of the Liao Dynasty.

The empresses of the Liao Dynasty were basically all from the surname Xiao.

Xiao Tansi had been the queen of Yelu Hongji for several years. However, because she had no children, she was deposed and demoted to Yizhou, Zhongjing.

Xiao Wotelan was the younger sister of Xiao Tansi and was once married to the son of the powerful official Yelu Yixin.

Before Yelu Yixin rebelled, Xiao Wotulan was introduced to Yelu Hongji as a concubine by her sister Xiao Tansi.

As a result, Yelu Hongji had no interest in Xiao Wotulan. After eliminating Yelu Yixin, he sent her back to the Xiao family.

When Su Mingzhe was playing in Yikun Prefecture, the Xiao family sent the pair of sisters to the palace as gifts.

Su Mingzhe believed that this battle with Yelu Hongji was a memorable scene, so he specially called the two sisters to accompany him to appreciate how the last cavalry of the Liao Dynasty was destroyed!

Xiao Tansi had been in exile for many years and had long seen through the nature of the "emperor". He was too lazy to flatter Su Mingzhe's bad taste.

Xiao Wo was very lazy, but she didn't want to continue living in a small courtyard at home, so when Su Mingzhe spoke, she tried her best to please him.

Not long after.

The army was less than five miles away from Shangjing.

According to the agreement before the decisive battle, the Liao Prime Minister Xiao Jixian, on behalf of the Liao Dynasty, submitted a letter of surrender to the Song people!
Yelu Hongji, who was still in a coma, was taken as a prisoner and sent directly to the Song Dynasty military camp.

The Liao emperor's grandson, also the crown prince, Yelu Yanxi, fled northward with 3,000 personal guards and "disappeared without a trace."

Three days later.

Su Mingzhe, who was enjoying singing and dancing in the Shangjing Palace, and Han Zhongyan, the Privy Councilor who was accompanying the army, suddenly requested an audience with the emperor.

Announcement.

When Han Zhongyan walked into the hall, he could still smell the fragrance of cosmetics in the air.

However, Han Zhongyan was a very loyal and honest subject. As long as he didn't see it, he would pretend it didn't happen.

Han Zhongyan knelt down in front of the imperial desk, knelt three times and kowtowed nine times, and was given a seat. He then stood up and stated his purpose:

"Your Majesty, the leaders of the various tribes on the grassland gather together every day to ask Your Majesty for rewards. I am worried that their daily gatherings will cause trouble. Please make a decision as soon as possible!"

"Do they gather together every day?"

"Yes!"

Su Mingzhe was a little unhappy, but didn't say anything.

After all, the joint attack between the Song Dynasty and these grassland tribes against Yelu Hongji was just a deal.

Now that the deal is done, it's time for the Song Dynasty to fulfill its previous promise.

"Lord Han, have you finished drawing the map of the territorial division of the sixteen banners of the grassland that I asked you to draw?" "It has been drawn!"

Su Mingzhe organized all the surrendered grassland tribes into sixteen banners and built four cities for each banner to serve as trading cities and wintering places.

The strength of each flag is approximately 10,000 to 30,000 combat forces.

From then on, every banner would send its noble daughters to the Kaifeng Prefecture of the Song Dynasty to marry the emperor every year.

The Song Dynasty promised to be the "Heavenly Khan" and treat each banner equally and impartially when problems arose in the tribes.

As such.

Han Zhongyan is a very interesting person as an official.

During the reign of Emperor Shenzong of Song, Han Zhongyan supported the reform.

When the Empress Dowager was in power, Han Zhongyan criticized the reform.

After Su Mingzhe took power, Han Zhongyan became a loyal royalist again!
People at that time called him a "mediocre scholar".

Han Zhongyan accepted the title with a smile.

Anyway, he would do whatever his superiors said and would never go against the emperor's will.

Soon, the strategy formulated by Su Mingzhe was informed to the leaders of the grassland tribes.

These leaders suffered a lot during the reign of Yelu Hongji.

Now that they have surrendered to the Song Dynasty, even if Su Mingzhe throws them a bone, they will go crazy fighting for it.

Not to mention, now, the Song Dynasty has offered such favorable conditions.

Soon, each tribe divided up their own territory, and then dispersed one by one with their cavalry warriors.

As the tribes left, Su Mingzhe was also thinking about when to return to the capital.

In February, the emperor took charge of the government, and now it is already the end of September.

If we stay any longer, it will start snowing here.

Soon, the garrison generals were assigned one by one.

Su Mingzhe returned to the capital with gifts presented by various tribes.

In the early twelfth lunar month, Su Mingzhe arrived outside the city of Kaifeng.

At this moment, officials in charge of cultural relics, dignitaries and students came out of the city ten miles away to welcome him.

The common people living near the city of Bianliang also ran out, hoping to see their wise and powerful emperor with their own eyes.

However, Su Mingzhe sat lazily in the huge carriage, hugged by his friends on both sides, and slept soundly.

In order to appreciate the gifts sent by various tribes, he worked almost day and night on the way back to Beijing.

I waited until I passed Damingfu and was about to arrive in Kaifeng, and then I reluctantly finished admiring all the gifts.

The army returned to Kaifeng.

Su Mingzhe first went to the Taimiao to pay homage to his ancestors, and then went to the Yongyu Mausoleum of Emperor Shenzong to pay homage.

After all these procedures were completed, the court began to discuss the rewards for the generals who were accompanying the army on this expedition.

Because this was a war of annihilation, and the one being annihilated was the "eternal enemy" Liao Kingdom.

Therefore, the rewards are higher than any previous rewards.

As for how to reward meritorious officials, Su Mingzhe directly authorized the Privy Council, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Personnel, and the Metropolitan Government to handle it.

A blink of an eye.

Decades pass.

First, women such as Qin Hongmian and Li Qingluo passed away.

Then their daughter Mu Wanqing, Wang Yuyan and other women passed away.

But Su Mingzhe still sits firmly on the emperor's throne.

Hundreds of princes were enfeoffed by Su Mingzhe.

Two princes were killed by Su Mingzhe.

The current crown prince of the Song Dynasty is the emperor's grandson, named Zhao Ji.

Zhao Ji is the eldest son and grandson of Su Mingzhe and Queen Meng, and is now over fifty years old.

Seeing that he would not live longer than his grandfather, Zhao Ji began to indulge in pleasure.

"Forget it, forget it! Just go find another world to play in!"

Su Mingzhe saw that he had become a person hated by everyone and ghosts, and he was too lazy to stay in this plane any longer.

(End of this chapter)