choke element

Chapter 966: Substitution (Part )

The earliest batch of Dinghai Army veterans have generally aged in recent years. After the age of 40, no matter how brave and tenacious the soldiers are, they cannot avoid being troubled by the pain accumulated on the battlefield, and will soon face a process of rapid weakening of energy and physical strength.

Therefore, most of them no longer personally participated in the fighting and killing. Their status in the Great Zhou was also special. As hundreds of old brothers who could maintain private contacts with the emperor, no matter where they chose to settle down, they had already been worshipped.

There are only a few people like Zhao Bin who are so enthusiastic and always participate in various new things at sea and in foreign countries. But even if Zhao Bin can bring people down at this time, his main purpose is not to really do it, but to urge them.

The number of guards that Yin Chang brought to Kaesong was very small, and there were only a dozen people with Zhao Bin. But they walked around the ball court leisurely. The sound of fighting in the ball court was deafening, and the many mansions and pavilions outside the circle were full of swords and swords, and thick smoke was rising... But no one stopped them, as if they had become invisible inside and outside the entire Kaesong.

Of course, the iron hook in Zhao Bin's hand was still shining silver, dazzling and unusual. Whether it was the Koreans who wanted to escape over the wall, or the Khitans who rushed and killed, they could all see it at a glance.

Wang Erbai immediately drew his sword, eager to give it a try, but the Koreans who encountered them would often turn around and run, while the Khitans would most likely bow slightly to signal, and then hack and kill more skillfully.

After completing a circle, they were almost back to Shenfeng Gate. That was all they saw, and there was no other place where they needed to show their bravery.

This made Wang Erbai a little disappointed. He said angrily: "It's better to be on the sea."

As the profits from the sea continued to expand, the size of the fleet of the Great Zhou on the sea grew rapidly. However, most of the new additions belonged to various business companies. The ones who really gained the trust of the court's high-level officials and would cooperate with the court to carry out various tasks were still Zhao Bin and others.

So in the past few years, Zhao Bin and Wang Erbai have never stopped traveling on the sea. They have participated in various operations, including large and small-scale raids and incitements, covering the entire coastal area, and even going as far as Zhuya and Champa. Occasionally, they have also acted as pirates and engaged in black-eating-black activities.

This time, the Great Zhou intended to extend its influence to Goryeo, and had arranged a large-scale gathering of personnel beforehand. Wang Erbai thought that he would be involved in a vigorous military operation.

However, they never imagined that the protagonists were the Khitans and the drama was the internal strife among the Koreans. They were just walking around and taking a look.

They really just watched the whole process, as if they were visiting the streets of a foreign country and happened to run into a local drama rehearsal of fighting each other, so they stopped to watch the excitement. When the group was circling along the outer wall of the ball court, they bumped into ordinary people in the city several times. These people were only terrified, and everyone fled to the nearby courtyards as quickly as possible to hide, without any intention of participating or resisting.

Not long after, they returned to the Shenfeng Gate. There was no blood on their robes, only dust and sweat stains.

Compared to the tall gates in the Central Plains cities, the Shenfeng Gate was not a large building, so the corridor was short and not dark. But at this moment, the dust raised by the trampling of people and horses in the ball court blocked the sunlight. Standing in the doorway of the Shenfeng Gate and looking out, the view was also blocked. It was impossible to distinguish the scenery from more than a hundred steps away.

All the people could hear were the sounds of fighting in the distance, which were like the ebb and flow of the tide, going from silence to a sudden roar, and from roar to silence, and this happened three or five times without stopping.

Eventually, the silence became longer and longer, and shouts in the Korean language rose and fell in the court, but they were not shouts to kill, but orders to kneel down or something else. Then, the smoke in the air gradually settled, and the vision became clear, but the smell of dust filled the nose, which felt very choking.

Chen Zixin listened attentively for a while, then asked in a trembling voice: "It seems that the Khitans' voices have disappeared? Are they dead?"

Yin Chang laughed and walked a few steps outside.

At this moment, there was a sudden sound of footsteps. It turned out that a group of people, using the tents and reed sheds as cover, approached the Shenfeng Gate in many twists and turns. They had planned to approach quietly and then rush out, but they never expected Yin Chang to step out.

The leader felt guilty and thought he had been discovered, so he shouted and led his men to charge forward.

When they were more than ten steps away from Yin Chang, groups of Khitan knights arrived from behind. The Khitans wore robes of different colors, representing their identities as belonging to different Goryeo nobles, and perhaps also pinned many of the Goryeo nobles' beautiful hopes of rising to power. Unfortunately, at this moment, the meaning of the robes no longer existed at all, and they were just Khitans who were killing with great pleasure.

Several Khitan knights rode through the middle of the Korean army, splitting the army in half from the back to the front like a giant axe splitting the spine of a beast. The follow-up cavalry followed closely, surrounding them and hacking and killing them.

When it comes to cavalry tactics, the warriors of the Great Zhou think highly of themselves and do not think anyone can match them. However, these Khitans in front of them have experienced countless hardships and hundreds of battles, so they are naturally not ordinary people. When Yin Chang nodded in admiration, he saw corpses lying on the ground in front of him.

Only two or three people looked distinguished, so the Khitans did not kill them for the time being. They put four or five long and short knives against their chests and necks, and then summoned their own leader, probably to identify them and confirm what kind of merits these people deserved.

One of them had blood all over his head and face, and Yin Chang and the people around him didn't recognize him at all. This person was trembling in front of the sword, but happened to catch a glimpse of Yin Chang.

"Mr. Yin! Mr. Yin, why do you have to do this? If the country has any instructions for Goryeo, isn't it just a matter of a word and an imperial edict? Why is it so? Why is it so? Whatever His Majesty the Emperor of the country wants, or whatever you want, Mr. Yin, you can tell me at any time! There is absolutely no reason why I can't do it!"

The man yelled with his neck stiff, his throat rising and falling, and the outer skin was rubbed by the blade. But he didn't care at all, and just shouted desperately: "Mr. Yin, let's talk it out! Please show mercy! I was able to ambush those archers outside the court thanks to your help, I will remember this friendship! Ah, Mr. Ding is here too, please make those Khitans stop!"

This location is too close to the gate of Shenfeng Gate. This person is speaking the Central Plains Mandarin at this moment, and if he really gets angry, he will shout loudly in Goryeo... He might reveal the things that Yin Chang and his party were involved in before and after the polo match, and the Goryeo people who are running around in panic outside will hear them.

If the two countries were at war, there would be many casualties on both sides, and any hatred would be irrelevant. The Great Zhou did not regard Goryeo as an enemy country. The Great Zhou just wanted to intervene more deeply, get involved more deeply in Goryeo, and integrate it more smoothly into the economic system built by itself.

This process is not only beneficial to the Great Zhou, but will also bring unprecedented opportunities to the poor Goryeo. However, during this period of time, many Goryeo nobles who were once partners of the Great Zhou have become obstacles.

This group of rigid-minded guard dogs cling to the ever-increasing trade system, but because they are too full and fat, they have no motivation to further deepen cooperation, but instead indulge in conflicts with each other. Their choices determine their fate. Yin Chang went to Goryeo to get rid of them and replace them.

This was a decision made purely from the perspective of interests. It was a complete bullying of the weak by the strong. It was extremely cruel, but there was no right or wrong. This was because only when the old people were gone could there be room for the new people to share the benefits, so that the subsequent political groups of Goryeo would choose to be deeply tied to the Great Zhou.

However, during this period, Goryeo as a whole is still a friendly neighbor of the Great Zhou, and Goryeo must not be hostile to the Great Zhou. If general hostility arises between the two countries, and Goryeo is no longer a source of profit, but a source of continuous profit and loss of life, then many new dignitaries in the Great Zhou will be disappointed.

If that happened, Yin Chang would be blamed for his poor performance, and Li Yun would be the first to jump out and add insult to injury. But Yin Chang was not so confident and felt that he still had a second chance to atone for his sins.

Therefore, some things should be kept to oneself, some absurd rumors should not appear at all, and some gossip should not be spread at all.

"Ahem, what nonsense is this person talking about! I don't understand anything at all!"

As Yin Chang said this, he took a few steps forward and looked carefully, only to find that the person was actually Chi Yunshen.

The entire fight in the court was centered around the fight between Chi Yunshen and Choi Yu. People like Chi Yunshen, who were active in the center and directly controlled huge power, had long been on the list of people to be killed, ranking very high. Who would have thought that this person was really lucky and capable, and he actually managed to struggle out of the Shura field and jumped in front of Yin Chang!

Before Yin Chang could figure out how to respond, Doctor Ding suddenly jumped out, raised his hand and slapped Chi Yunshen hard in the face.

"Bullshit! Master Yin came to Goryeo to do business, and people like us are serious doctors! Have you heard that doctors have a kind heart? We have all read the books of sages, so how could we interfere in Goryeo's political situation? Your own powerful people are fighting among themselves, killing each other, what does it have to do with us!"

At this point, Doctor Ding put his hands on his hips, indignant: "Besides, these Khitans are all criminals who escaped from our Great Zhou! They have nothing to do with our Great Zhou! It is even more impossible for them to obey our orders! If I, Ding, had not responded to your request, I would not have seen them at all, how could it be possible..."

Just as they were about to conduct a detailed analysis and clear their group from Chi Yunshen's slander, the Khitan knight Xiao Nieli, who was leading the team, rode over on horseback.

Xiao Neri had been very worried earlier. He thought that the Khitans would become fighting dogs for the Goryeo nobles for a little bit of profit, and fight each other on the polo field for the interests of the Goryeo nobles. Until a moment ago, his clan leader Yelu Tonggu told him that everything had been arranged. The enemy was the Goryeo nobles, and they must be killed without hesitation, and at the same time, the Han people present must not be offended at all costs.

In his early years in Liaodong, both Han'er and Khitan people were ordered around by the Jurchens. Xiao Neri had a good impression of Han'er as they were both wanderers in the world.

Not to mention that a few days ago, Doctor Ding had prescribed medicine for him and his companions late at night. Xiao Nieli remembered the appearance of Doctor Ding, and also remembered that when he was prescribing medicine, he took time out to contact the clan leader privately.

At that moment, Xiao Nieli said earnestly: "Doctor Ding, although this man is a high-ranking official in Goryeo, you can decide whether to kill him or let him go!"

Doctor Ding was trying to distance himself from the incident, but after hearing this, he was so exhausted that he almost suffocated to death.

Chi Yunshen reacted quickly. His eyes widened like bells, and he immediately tried to explain that he hadn't heard anything.

It was too late. This sudden remark was enough to make Yin Chang determined to end the worthless lives of these Koreans.

"Let's just kill them." Yin Chang sighed and waved his hand, and the Khitan knights responded by waving their swords.

Chi Yunshen was wounded repeatedly, and blood gushed out from several wounds on his body. He wailed like a devil and rolled around on the ground.

Xiao Nieli felt that he might have said something he shouldn't have said, and was a little flustered, so he wanted to be more active. He quickly took a spear from his companion and stabbed Chi Yunshen fiercely. The tip of the spear pierced Chi Yunshen's neck, making him unable to move.

(End of this chapter)