choke element

Chapter 967: Substitution (Part )

When Chi Yunshen's blood slowly seeped from his neck into the ground, Yin Chang had naturally left Qiuting and returned to the gate of Shenfeng Gate.

In the process, countless powerful nobles of Goryeo surrendered their heads. Such power was difficult for the waiters and doctors to accept.

They all knew that Yin Chang was a veteran of the Zhou army, and they also knew that Yin Chang had made many preparations in Shandong before this trip, not just organizing a few football matches. But no one could have expected such a bloody scene.

Chen Zixin bravely said, "Master, how about we go back to the residence?"

"Just wait here." Yin Chang said calmly, "It's safe here, there's nothing to worry about. Besides, when everything settles down, there will be a place where you can wait."

A few timid people in the crowd, who had already slid to the door along the wall, immediately turned back and stood with the others, fearing that they would displease Yin Chang.

Yin Chang looked at everyone's expressions, then continued to wait for the dust in the football field to settle.

Yin Chang saw all the anxious looks of the doctors, accountants, and assistants. Perhaps ordinary warriors would despise such cowardice, but Yin Chang did not.

Yin Chang is a veteran soldier, but he did not join the army since he was young. Before the people of Shandong were driven into despair by the Jurchen court's large-scale land grabbing policy, the Binzhou area where Yin Chang lived had a small prosperity. When Yin Chang was young, he roamed in the streets of Binzhou. His knowledge and habits were no different from those of ordinary people who were now cramped under the Shenfeng Sect.

Even the fear of the military and violence is the same.

Later, wars broke out everywhere. Yin Chang took advantage of various opportunities and became a famous and powerful figure in his middle age, commanding thousands of fierce soldiers. But deep down, he was still a person who feared violence. So when he saw that the situation of the Red Coat Army was not good, he immediately surrendered to the Jin Dynasty; so when he found that the military force of the Dinghai Army was unstoppable, he obeyed it without hesitation.

While he fears violence, he naturally relies on it. He can only sleep soundly when he is in a powerful army and has the ability to crush others with force at all times.

He only figured this out after he left the army. He found that when he was in Kaifeng, the reason why he kept urging the army to go south and kept trying to provoke war was because only war could bring him a sense of security. Only by constantly proving that he stood with the most powerful force and constantly seeing the enemy wailing and bleeding under his own swords, did he feel at ease and feel that everything was moving forward on the right path.

However, now, although Yin Chang is over fifty years old and has suffered setbacks in his official career, he has still made new progress.

He realized that the most powerful force is not just military force. In other words, military force is only one part of it. It is good to have military force to rely on, but sometimes, there is no need to use one's own military force. Just taking advantage of the situation is enough to drive external forces to one's own use and to overturn the world in a foreign land.

Just like now, the Qiuting inside Shenfeng Gate was slaughtering people, and outside Shenfeng Gate, Kaesong was also in chaos, with war raging everywhere. Yin Chang only brought dozens of ordinary people here, seemingly alone in a boat on a raging sea, in danger of capsizing at any time, but in fact, everything was under control.

The forces that had the upper hand had already issued the most severe warning to their subordinates in advance, warning them not to offend the team from the Central Plains that came to Goryeo to organize the polo competition. And the people at a disadvantage would fail faster than anyone expected.

Even if they wanted to do something, it was too late.

"The two armies and six guards directly under the Chongfang originally had more than 50,000 soldiers. Although more than half of them were lost in the war with the Khitans, there are still nearly 20,000 soldiers. Among them, the only one stationed near Kaesong and led by a treacherous leader is a part of the Longwu Army under Cui Junwen... I thought that once the other troops loyal to Xingning Prefecture launched an attack, they would be able to control them. How did you manage to induce the two armies and six guards to betray?"

The doorway was low and depressing, and from the darker place deep inside, an old and hoarse voice suddenly came. The person said "Xingning Mansion" and so on. The so-called Xingning Mansion was the authority that Cui Zhongxian appointed officials outside the Goryeo court as the King of Quan.

Yin Chang looked back and waved his hand to ask the Khitan warriors in charge of escorting the man to step back.

The Khitans were really reckless. They retreated without hesitation upon receiving the order. The man they brought here was weak and almost fell down when he suddenly lost his support. He quickly reached out to hold on to the wall and barely managed to stand.

After a pause, he continued:

"Besides the two armies and six guards, the ones who are really capable of fighting and responsible for guarding the many mansions and government offices in the city are the private soldiers of the six divisions of the capital. Although half of them are controlled by Liu Songjie and Ji Yun, half of the officers and soldiers were once the subordinates of the Deputy Privy Councilor. As long as Liu and Ji die in the court, their troops will be leaderless and will be completely powerless. The key points of Kaesong will definitely be in my hands... How did you suppress the soldiers of the six divisions of the capital and seize many government offices one after another?"

At this point, the man paused, took a few breaths, and then asked:

"You must have taken advantage of the fact that each family was urgently gathering Khitan refugees and treating them in preparation for the battle, and assigned your subordinates to pretend to be doctors and make contacts everywhere. But since the Khitans entered Goryeo and occupied the eastern border, their leaders, such as Yelu Jinshan, Yelu Tongguyu, and Yelu Hanshe, have been killing each other, resulting in heavy casualties... How could you easily bring the fragmented Khitans together in just a few days to fight for you?"

"I did nothing."

Yin Chang was somewhat proud and a little emotional: "I didn't do anything, really."

The man in the shadows gasped louder, making a heavy wheezing sound. While panting, he said with difficulty: "Why? What's the harm in talking? The superior country has used such means in Kaesong, and I think the world will be turned upside down in the future. An old man like me who is an eyesore and a nuisance will die today... I just want to die with a clear mind."

Outside the doorway, a companion on duty discovered that Yin Chang was talking to someone.

He turned around and went back in, casually pulling out a pine torch from the wall, hoping to illuminate the two people who were talking. After he had taken a few steps, someone else came up and put the torch back in its place.

But as the flames flashed quickly, the old and decayed face of the person who spoke was revealed. This person was Cui Zhongxian, the de facto master of Goryeo for the past twenty years.

Yin Chang didn't want to be too harsh and rude to such people. He thought for a moment and pointed to his companions beside him: "In the past few years, with the development of trade between your country and our Great Zhou on the sea, the customs and habits of the Central Plains and the Southern Dynasties have become more popular in your country than in previous years. For example, grand and luxurious celebrations, and Han Chinese medical skills and prescriptions. So I know that if I come to Goryeo with a large enough team, I will definitely get the task of organizing the polo tournament; and the many famous doctors from the Central Plains who come with me will definitely be hired by various parties to diagnose diseases."

"I already know that you have contacted me on this ground..."

"No, no, the key is not the Khitans." Yin Chang shook his head: "There is only one patient with the highest status and the most important position in your country, and that is you, Your Excellency."

"how to say?"

"If everything is normal, I have dozens of famous doctors here, all of whom are good at various disciplines. So many famous doctors came to Goryeo with great fanfare. Whether it is out of practical needs or the need for subordinates to show loyalty, at least several of them should be invited to treat you. But in fact, none of them were invited. This brings up two possibilities. One possibility is that Chi Yunshen and others isolated the inside and outside and concealed the news. In fact, King Quan of Goryeo has already died."

Cui Zhongxian sneered.

Yin Chang continued, "I was invited to meet you a few days ago and saw with my own eyes how seriously ill you were. So the first possibility does not exist. However, since you are so seriously ill, why don't you seek medical treatment? It doesn't mean that Chi Yunshen and others don't even do this superficial work! So the only possibility is the second one, that is, although you have been ill for a long time, you are far from being critically ill. You have been pretending to be dying, deceiving countless political enemies in the court and ambitious confidants around you, but in fact, you are secretly pushing your enemies to fight each other, in order to pave the way for your successor."

(End of this chapter)