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Chapter 396: Dethroning the Two Emperors

Wanyan Zongmou, who had retreated long ago, looked at Zhao Yuanlang's army in confusion, half of which was defending and the other half was attacking the city?

He blew the horn, signaling the 60,000 troops to assemble, hoping to take advantage of the chaos to attack, but Zhao Yuanlang was prepared and had already arranged for eleven wolf generals to form a large formation to guard against Wanyan Zongmou.

Wanyan Zongmou charged and fought for a while, but suffered heavy casualties. More than half of the 8,000 iron floats were damaged, and the 50,000-strong army was defeated with less than 10,000 soldiers lost. If it were not for the Jin army's supervisory team to gather the defeated soldiers, the remaining 40,000-strong army would have dispersed.

Let's go. This is not a place to stay for long. Wanyan Zongmou is not stupid. He is going deep into the enemy's territory alone. Once the Song Dynasty has dealt with the civil strife, he and his men will surely die without a burial place.

When the Eleven Wolf Generals saw that Wanyan Zongmou was about to escape, they hurriedly ordered the army to maintain formation and press forward. At this moment, Zhao Yuanlang had arrived.

"Li Tianrun, Yang Zhi, Suo Chao, you and others will lead 30,000 troops as the left wing, Mi Xian, Xu Ning, Li Ying, you and others will lead 30,000 troops as the right wing, and the rest of you will follow me and attack with me."

The 110,000-strong army began to attack in a mighty manner. Zhao Yuanlang took the lead, followed by the Five Leopard Generals. The entire army bit the tail of Wanyan Zongmou's army fiercely.

Seeing that the Song army was larger and more powerful, Wanyan Zongmou made a decisive move and left 10,000 Jin troops as the supervisor of the battle and led 40,000 signed troops to resist Zhao Yuanlang, while he himself led 4,000 iron floats towards the Yellow River.

The 50,000 troops left behind by Wanyan Zongmou successfully blocked Zhao Yuanlang's offensive. After Zhao Yuanlang defeated the 50,000 troops, Wanyan Zongmou had already led Wanyan Jiemu, Wanyan Talan and two thousand iron floats across the Yellow River and fled north.

Zhao Yuanlang looked at the two thousand iron buoys at the ferry and waved his hand. Countless archers stepped forward and began to shoot continuously.

This group of Iron Floats also launched a counterattack, but arrows rained down like rain, and they all fell to the ground as they charged.

"Behead all the surrendered Jin troops, and also behead these two thousand iron pagodas, and build a Jingguan for me. Show the Jin army that this is the consequence of invading our Song Dynasty, and show those bastards who surrendered without a fight that this is the price of betraying the Song Dynasty."

No one in the entire army questioned Zhao Yuanlang. More than 36,000 Jin soldiers who surrendered were killed directly, and blood flowed at the ferry.

When Zhao Yuanlang returned to Bianliang City, Li Gang and Li Bangyan had already received information that Zhao Yuanlang had killed the prisoners.

"You are simply inhumane!" Li Bangyan stepped forward and accused.

Zhao Yuanlang glanced at him sideways, then swung a whip with his backhand, knocking Li Bangyan down.

"Take Master Li to sober up!"

Li Bangyan fell to the ground and screamed. The whip almost sucked his soul out of him. Four soldiers lifted Li Bangyan up and pressed his head into the water tank in the city wall.

Li Gang's face turned pale. Although he looked down on Li Bangyan, the Song Dynasty and the literati shared the world. This Zhao Yuanlang was so unscrupulous. Was he going to do the same as Dong Zhuo and Cao Cao?

At this time, Zhao Huan, who had received the news, led the kings and a group of civil officials to the city gate. Zhao Heng burst into tears and knelt down beside Song Huizong's carriage: "Your son pays homage to your father!"

"Stand up." No one in the carriage spoke, but Zhao Yuanlang on the side spoke directly.

Zhao Huan's face turned pale. Damn it, I feel like I'm kneeling down to you.

"You have no respect for your superiors. The emperor is here and hasn't spoken yet. How dare you overstep your authority?" Zhao Kai, the first top scholar in the Zhao family and the third son of Emperor Huizong of Song, stood up and rebuked.

Zhao Yuanlang didn't even have the interest to look at him. He waved his hand and a group of soldiers rushed over and pinned him to the ground. Then they lifted him up and dealt with him the same way as Li Bangyan.

"Who else has questions?"

When the kings, including Emperor Qinzong of Song, saw this situation, they groaned in their hearts. Emperor Huizong of Song did not say anything, and they all became like quails.

At this time, Song Huizong came out of the carriage with the help of Cai Jing and Tong Guan. He looked at Zhao Yuanlang in low spirits and said, "Why are you doing this?"

"Oh, why bother? You, the Taizong line, have ruined our great country like this. You are ashamed of your ancestors. Since Zhao Kuangyi, you have become spineless. Your ancestors were weak, and your descendants are even weaker!"

The ministers below were terrified. Sun Di, the proofreader of the Secretariat, mustered up his courage and said, "You are betraying your ancestors. Do you want to rebel? Do you want to be like Dong Zhuo?"

Zhao Yuanlang glanced at him sideways and waved his hand. A group of soldiers rushed over. They first pinned him to the ground and beat him up with fists and kicks, and then treated him the same way as Li Bangyan.

Song Huizong looked at the trembling princes and ministers below and sighed, "I have heard that the will of heaven is not determined by fate, but by virtue. Therefore, Yao passed the throne to Shun, and Shun passed the throne to Yu, which was appropriate at the right time. Heaven dislikes my Taizong lineage. I did not select the right people, and my son has no talent. From today on, my son's throne will be abolished. I and my son will issue a self-blame edict and abdicate today. Now, following the old traditions of the Tang and Yu dynasties, I will abdicate the throne to Zhao Yuanlang, a descendant of Taizu, and I will announce it far and wide."

A bolt from the blue hit Song Qinzong on the head. Damn it, he hated Zhao Ji so much. When the Jin Dynasty came, you ran away, leaving me scared. After the Jin Dynasty ran away, Zhao Yuanlang did the same thing as Dong Zhuo and Cao Cao, and you took the blame for it on me. You are not worthy of being a father.

Seeing the kings below staring in amazement and the ministers whispering to each other, Song Huizong felt desolate. Is it really true that people are forgotten after they leave?

The two surrenderists, Li Fen and Chen Bangguang, were afraid of the Jin soldiers but not the Song people. When they saw Song Huizong's miserable face, they immediately jumped up. As long as they could symbolically stop him, they would surely be remembered for generations.

"Your Majesty, please take back your order and think twice!"

"How dare you! The emperor speaks the law, and his words are the law. You asked the emperor to think twice, which means that the emperor was wrong and I shouldn't have come. I already knew that you two were in favor of surrendering and running away, but you dared to jump up. Where are the guards! If you don't take them down, you will be executed immediately!"

Zhao Yuanlang's barrage of words left the two men speechless. They wanted to struggle, but a group of soldiers hit them on the chest with golden hammers. They couldn't utter a word and were dragged out like a dead dog. Their huge heads rolled to the side of the surrenderist who was just about to stand up.

"Why did you stand up? Do you have the same idea as those two?" Zhao Yuanlang looked at the officials who stood up with a defiant look.

The group of officials shuddered and shook their heads. Some of the smarter ones ran directly to Zhao Yuanlang, knelt down and shouted "Long live Zhao Yuanlang".

"Today, I am the ruler of Song. Let's deal with the surrenderists first. Kill a few people to cheer them up. Men of letters, you must have backbone. You gentlemen have learned the six arts in a mess. All you have left are money, power, and women. Execute all those who advocate surrender, including Tong Guan, Li Bangyan, Bai Shizhong, Sun Di, and their entire clans, including Li Fen and Chen Bangguang! Since you can't be loyal to the country, the country, the emperor, and the people, what use are you?"

"You tyrant, you shall not die well!"

"I don't want to die!"

"Your Majesty, save me!"

"Tyrant!"

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After Zhao Yuanlang watched one third of the civil and military officials in the court being chopped off, he clapped his hands and the soldiers pulled Zhao Kai over.

"Zhao Kai, you are in charge of the Imperial City Administration, but you did not persuade the emperor to hold on and actively organize resistance. You hold a high position but have made no achievements. You will be stripped of all your official positions, except for the title of Prince of Yun, and demoted to the Marquis of Linqu. As for you princes, you have no sense of responsibility in the face of national crisis. All of your prince titles will be stripped and demoted to marquises. You will be handed over to the Ministry of Clan Affairs for management and disposal."

"Father!" When the princes heard this, their hearts sank. They hurriedly knelt down and looked at Song Huizong for help. Song Huizong suppressed his anger and turned his head away, not looking at them.

They all beat their chests and cried, but were soon forced to stand up by a group of soldiers with knives and taken to the clan house.

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