Chapter 266: The collapse of Emperor Dao Zong of Liao, and Aguda’s transformation into a smart man!
Whenever Yelu Hongji's buttocks began to hurt, he would always think of that sunny day.

That day, under the protection of Xiao Feng, he reorganized his defeated troops, summoned local troops, and returned to Shangjing to prepare to quell the rebellion of the Crown Prince.

The first battle was extremely unfavorable. Even the empress and concubines were in the hands of the crown prince Yelu Chongyuan, and the families of many soldiers were also controlled by Yelu Chongyuan.

Encouraged by Xiao Feng, Yelu Hongji led the army in person and fought all the way to the city of Shangjing, but he was shot in the butt by an arrow from Yelu Nerugu, the son of Yelu Chongyuan.

That was obviously a tetanus arrow, which made Yelu Hongji's life worse than death.

When they arrived at Shangjing City, Yelu Chongyuan directly escorted the Queen and others out to threaten Yelu Hongji, causing Yelu Hongji to lose all his fighting spirit.

Fortunately, at this time, Xiao Feng exploded!
There was no way. He and Yelu Teli had a deep relationship, and his father-in-law Yelu Hongji was also good to him. He couldn't just watch their country fall apart and their family ruined.

As a result, Xiao Feng was unstoppable among thousands of troops, and he captured Yelu Chongyuan alive, turning the tide of the battle.

This rebellion was originally an internal struggle within the royal family. After Yelu Hongji announced that only the main culprit would be executed, regardless of the followers, Yelu Chongyuan's soldiers defected one after another.

The rebellion of the Emperor's uncle was completely put down.

Yelu Hongji only executed Yelu Chongyuan, but tore Yelu Nerugu into pieces by five horses, because the arrow shot in his buttocks really made his originally strong body begin to weaken.

Because of Xiao Feng's great contributions, Yelu Hongji also realized the great value of a peerless master, and named him the honorable King of the Southern Courtyard, and also arranged for the marriage of Princess Yelu Teli of Yue State to Xiao Feng.

Xiao Feng became a new Khitan noble and held great power.

Especially facing the relentless pressure from the Jurchens, the corrupt Liao army found it difficult to cope with it, but as long as Xiao Feng appeared on the battlefield and showed his divine power, the morale of the Khitan soldiers would be greatly boosted.

Although they did not push back against the Jurchens, they held their ground and prevented the Jurchens from actually breaking through Shangjing and destroying the Liao Kingdom.

After several major battles, the weight of Xiao Feng, the King of the Southern Courtyard, in the Liao Kingdom became increasingly important.

But Yelu Hongji's health was getting weaker day by day. He could not even walk properly because the wound on his buttocks would not heal.

No matter how many imperial physicians he executed, the doctors were helpless.

Yelu Hongji was in a very bad mood and felt that he might become the king of a fallen country.

Fortunately, his brother country, the Song Dynasty, had already perished, and the Zhao family really became the kings of a fallen country, while their Liu family was still able to maintain half of the country. The difference between them is obvious!

As long as your brothers live a harder life, your own suffering will actually become sweeter.

However, the physical trauma still affected Yelu Hongji's mood, making him more irritable, and even the Queen Xiao Guanyin suffered domestic violence.

If Yelu Hongji displeased the palace maids around him, they would be beaten and killed by him.

It was useless for Xiao Feng to persuade him. Although Yelu Hongji was irritable, he was not stupid. He knew that the Liao Kingdom now mainly relied on Xiao Feng for protection, so he did not get angry with Xiao Feng.

But on this day, Yelu Hongji was furious as never before.

It was an unprecedented anger.

"Murong, you are going too far! Wanyan, aren't you afraid of raising a tiger to cause trouble?!" Yelu Hongji cursed and smashed the precious glass cup, "Asshole! Asshole! You are all a bunch of assholes!"

It turned out that a fatal bad news came.

Murong Fu, the Hongwu Emperor of the newly born Ming Dynasty, sent his generals Fang La and Murong Fei to lead an army of 100,000 to the north to conquer the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun. They were invincible, and the Jurchens responded in the rear, so the two sides attacked from both sides.

What a blessing it was for the Khitan soldiers in the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun to be served by both the Ming Dynasty and the Jurchens. How could they not be heartbroken and hurt?

Naturally, it would collapse at the first touch, and the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun would be lost and incorporated into the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

When he heard that Murong Fu changed Jiangning to Nanjing and made Nanjing the capital, Yelu Hongji thought that Murong Fu only wanted to be a ruler of Jiangnan. He secretly laughed in his heart that Murong Fu's bearing was not even as good as that of Emperor Taizong of Song. After all, Emperor Taizong of Song was a newborn calf that was not afraid of tigers. He directly launched a northern expedition against the Liao Kingdom in an attempt to take back the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, but Murong Fu had no such ambition.

As a result, in the blink of an eye, Murong Fu, without resolving all the internal affairs, directly led his troops to the north and captured the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun.

Now the Liao Kingdom has lost Liaodong and now the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun. Without the population and taxes of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, the already poor Liao Kingdom would be even worse off.

But what made Yelu Hongji even more frightened was that the Jurchens and the Ming Dynasty had joined forces!
At this point, the Liao Kingdom was completely like a candle in the wind, and could be extinguished at any time.

Yelu Hongji was also very annoyed.

How could he become the king of a fallen country when he was a good person?

Can't he just wait and let his son or grandson bear the fate of a king who lost his country?

Thinking of this, the angry Yelu Hongji even had tears in his eyes, his face turned pale, and he was exhausted.

"Your Majesty, the incident has already happened, and there is nothing we can do about it." Xiao Feng said, "Some ministers in the court have suggested that if things are hopeless, we should just move westward, just like the Turks did before. We Khitans are a nomadic people, and we were greatly influenced by the Turks. If the Turks did not succeed, they would move westward, so we can move westward as well. This does not count as the destruction of the country."

"Alas, I am determined to be sinicized, and I wish I could be born a Song Dynasty man." Yelu Hongji sighed, "I like hunting, but I don't want to eat raw meat and drink blood. As long as I am still alive, I will protect the Great Khitan Kingdom."

Yelu Hongji is speaking from the heart.

He was a monarch who was deeply influenced by Chinese culture, otherwise he would not have favored Xiao Guanyin, who was good at writing poetry and lyrics, as his queen. He could understand the poems written by Xiao Guanyin and give pertinent comments. This was because beneath his rough appearance, there lived the heart of a fragile literary young man.

Yelu Hongji’s idol is also different from that of his ancestor Yelu Abaoji.

Yelu Abaoji's idol is Liu Bang, the first emperor of Han Dynasty.

Yelu Hongji's idol is Song Renzong.

He really envied Song Renzong and the brilliant humanities of the Song Dynasty during Renzong's era.

Although he later became addicted to hunting, he was still an artistic young man and would never completely reveal his nomadic nature like his grandson.

After hearing what Yelu Hongji said, Xiao Feng was also confused.

He grew up in the Song Dynasty and did not think that it was that great. But after arriving in Khitan, he had to admit that in terms of economic prosperity, brilliant humanities, and affluent lifestyle, the Song Dynasty was indeed far ahead of the Liao Dynasty.

Han civilization has an extraordinary attraction. If I really go there to herd sheep, I always feel that it is not enough. "My dear son-in-law, what about Murong Fu?" Yelu Hongji sighed again, "I used to underestimate him. He was a gangster, but within a year, he destroyed the Song Dynasty and established the Ming Dynasty. Now he is conquering Yanyun in the north, and has achieved something that the Song Dynasty has not achieved in a hundred years. This man must be a great leader. You were as famous as him in the past, right?"

Xiao Feng smiled bitterly.

As famous as Murong Fu?

Whenever he thought of this, Xiao Feng felt embarrassed and ashamed.

How could he be worthy of being compared with a monster like Murong Fu?

"It's all nonsense from my friends in Jianghu. In fact, there is a huge gap between me and Murong Fu. His martial arts have reached a level that has never been seen before and will never be surpassed. His level is extremely high." Xiao Feng said, "He is also a man of great talent and ambition. He is a figure like Emperor Gaozu of Han and Emperor Taizong of Tang."

Yelu Hongji asked, "How many moves can you fight him?"

He knew that Xiao Feng was very strong, but he had never seen Murong Fu in action, so he couldn't help but be curious.

Xiao Feng stretched out a finger.

Yelu Hongji was delighted: "One thousand moves, that can be considered equal."

"No!" Xiao Feng said, "Your Majesty overestimates me!"

"One hundred moves?" Yelu Hongji said disappointedly, "You are our Khitan's number one expert, but you can only fight Murong Fu for a hundred moves? This Murong Fu is indeed extraordinary."

"It's a move." Xiao Feng said stiffly.

"One move?" Yelu Hongji was shocked, "No way?!"

"This move doesn't mean I can block Murong Fu's move. Murong Fu has to use a move to defeat me." Xiao Feng recalled the scene of Murong Fu fighting the Sweeping Monk and said in a deep voice, "He and I are like a drop in the ocean. If he moves, I will lose."

"This..." Yelu Hongji's butt started to hurt again.

Even Xiao Feng, the greatest warrior of Khitan, couldn't withstand a single move from Murong Fu!
And Murong Fu has already targeted their Liao Kingdom!
Is the Liao Kingdom really going to perish? !

Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun.

Wuzhou.

A group of elite Jurchen soldiers looked at the hot air balloons in the sky with awe. Those hot air balloons were painted with hideous and terrifying faces. Looking at them from the ground, it was as if they were seeing the heads of gods, which was very daunting.

On the ground, the Ming army was in neat formation and it was obvious that they were an elite army, far superior to the Khitan troops.

This is because they are well paid, have high status, and the myth of their invincibility has honed their minds and allowed them to be reborn.

The heavily armored cavalry, the Dragon Elephant Iron Cavalry, led by Murong Fei, all practiced the Dragon Elephant Prajna Sutra and were fed large amounts of medicinal herbs by Murong Fu. Each of them was strong and sturdy, riding tall horses. They looked even more elite than the Iron Flotsam led by Wanyan Aguda himself.

The main reason why the Ming army was able to crush the enemy with such great force this time was because of its four magic weapons.

1. The counterweight catapult that can break open the Yanyun city wall.

Second, hot air balloons can be used to monitor the enemy's movements from a high vantage point.

Third, the telescope can detect the enemy first and make better use of hot air balloons to detect the enemy's movements.

Fourth, the Dragon Elephant Cavalry, the elite among the Dragon Elephant Cavalry, was brought out by Murong Fu himself. They believed that Murong Fu was a god, and that they would be invincible if they fought for the god. Even if they died, they would go to heaven. Therefore, they had amazing courage and beat the Khitan cavalry to tears. Later, the Khitan people spread the saying "If there are less than a thousand Dragon Elephants, they are invincible!"
Wanyan Aguda witnessed with his own eyes the scene of Murong Fei leading the troops to charge, and felt that the Ming army was extremely powerful and should not be underestimated. The Jurchens, with such a small number of people, were no match for the Ming Dynasty.

Especially when he learned that the Ming Dynasty had a population of 60 million, Wanyan Aguda was almost speechless. The total number of their Jurchen tribes was less than 100,000.

The Jurchens also feared power and did not value virtue. Historically, when they saw Tong Guan's Northern Expedition being defeated by their defeated enemy, the Liao Kingdom, they began to despise the Song Dynasty and no longer treated it as an equal ally.

However, this time the Ming army's northern expedition was full of vigor and power, and it was able to crush all enemies with ease.

In the sky there were hot air balloons that the Jurchens could not understand, and on the ground were the invincible Dragon Elephant Cavalry led by Murong Fei. Even Wanyan Aguda felt that the Ming Dynasty was invincible. The rest of the Jurchens all felt awe for the Ming Dynasty in their hearts.

The power of the Ming army further elevated the status of the Jurchen military advisor Murong Bo, giving the Jurchen Murong tribe a powerful foreign aid.

In fact, Wanyan Aguda didn't know that he was surprised at the strength of the Ming Dynasty, and Murong Fei was also surprised at the ferocity of the Jurchens.

Murong Fei knew the level of the Iron Harriers in the past, and also knew the level of the Song Army and the Xia Army in the past. He just felt that if Murong Fu hadn't come from heaven, these Jurchens would really be able to become something big!

"Aguda, accept the imperial edict!" As soon as he saw Aguda, Murong Fei took out an imperial edict.

Murong Bo gave Aguda an encouraging look, meaning that he should accept the order.

Once the imperial edict was received, the status of the monarch and his subjects was determined.

If the Ming army could not fight, Aguda would not have accepted the order. But now that the Ming army was so powerful, and there was also the factor of the Jurchen Murong tribe within the Jurchens, Aguda realized that he had no choice but to surrender, even if it was only temporary.

"Aguda, accept the order!" Aguda knelt down to receive the order.

"The Emperor, in accordance with the Will of Heaven, proclaims: Wanyan Aguda of the Jurchen tribe is extremely brave and has made great contributions to the Ming Dynasty. He is hereby granted the title of Duke of Chengguo. He is also granted the surname Wang and is reinstated in the Wang family lineage of Langya. He is given the name Jingzhong, and I hope you will be loyal to your country. I decree this!"

After the decree was announced, Murong Fei smiled and said, "Congratulations, Duke Cheng. Not only have you returned to your original surname, but the emperor has also bestowed upon you the name of Jingzhong! The Wang family of Langya is the empress's family, and also the emperor's maternal family. You have become a member of the royal family!"

"Return to the original surname? My original surname is Wang? Or the Wang family of Langya?" Wanyan Aguda, or Wang Jingzhong, was confused.

"It's like this. According to the research of the great scholars of this dynasty, your Wanyan tribe is actually a long-lost branch of the Wang family of Langya. 'Wanyan' is actually the Hu pronunciation of 'Wang'. You, in fact, are all Han people." Murong Fei said with a smile.

"What?!" Wang Jingzhong was shocked at first, but secretly felt delighted in his heart, "It turned out to be like this!"

He was taught by Murong Bo and felt the profoundness of Han culture, but he regretted that he was a barbarian.

Unexpectedly, when the Ming Dynasty conferred a title on him, their true background was uncovered. It turned out that he was from the Wang family of Langya!
Looking at the hot air balloons in the sky, looking at the Ming army on the ground, and thinking of the stories of the Three Kingdoms that he had heard, a spirit of a wise man was born in his heart.

We, the Han Dynasty, and our Ming Dynasty, are invincible in the world!
(End of this chapter)