Shen Jian was the leader, although many of his subordinates were once his Shen family's private soldiers, but there were very few who were really loyal to him, and most of them chose to put down their weapons and surrender to the Sui army.

On the one hand, Laihu'er collected the defeated soldiers and cleaned up the captured warships, and on the other hand, he sent Zheng Chenggong to lead 15,000 elites to quickly go north, take Jinling directly, and take Yanziji, the bridgehead in front of Jinling City, in one go.

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The news of the annihilation of Shen Jian's entire army soon spread to Jinling City, this news was undoubtedly an eight-magnitude earthquake for the dignitaries and nobles in Jinling City, and the scholars in Jinling City fell into a panic for a while.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I have long said that the Sui army is powerful, and we are by no means an opponent when we come to protect our children and use soldiers like gods."

In the main hall, Yuan Fa blushed his neck and shouted angrily: "But you don't believe it, it's okay now, tens of thousands of Jiangdong disciples and soldiers have gone like this!" ”

Yuan Fa was really angry this time, in the battle of the Yangtze River, his Yuan family's private army also killed five or six thousand people, and the two nephews he placed in the army, Yuan Fu and Yuan Jia, were also unknown in life and death.

Xie Zong glanced at Yuan Fa dissatisfied, but this time he didn't publicly accuse anything, it was really Shen Jian's defeat was too tragic, all the major families had more or less losses, the worst may even be his son killed in battle, and now more than half of the families have publicly stated that they will never call their army to fight the Sui army again.

"In fact, as long as our interests can be preserved, isn't it the same who becomes the emperor?" Xie Xiong cautiously made his suggestion.

Zhang Kun frowned and said, "But the problem now is that I'm afraid that our envoy hasn't seen Emperor Sui yet, and Jinling City has already been lost!" ”

Lu Yu said in a deep voice: "There is no thousand-year-old empire, only a thousand-year-old family, Yang Gao will not understand this truth, he should not force us too tightly, there should be room for it, but in the future, you should be more restrained." ”

"According to Lord Lu's meaning, is there only one way to surrender to the Sui army now?" Xie Zonghu asked suspiciously.

Lu Yu smiled bitterly, "Does Lord Xie think that with the 40,000 soldiers and horses in Jinling City, he can defeat Laihu'er?" ”

"Report, urgent report!"

At this moment, Wang Ji, the main general of the Nanda camp outside Jinling City, rushed into the main hall in embarrassment, and hurriedly said: "Ladies and gentlemen, the big thing is not good, the Sui general Zheng Chenggong has led the army to capture the Yanziji camp outside the city, and the guard Xie Tan is dead!" ”

Hearing the news, the faces of everyone in the hall became more and more solemn, and Lu Li sighed helplessly, "Surrender!" Now that we surrender, we will at least have the merit of sacrificing the city, and when the Sui army breaks through the city, we will be prisoners! ”

"What Lord Lu said is very true!" Yuan Fa echoed, "Colleagues, without further ado, let's enter the palace as soon as possible and ask that puppet to surrender to the Sui army!" ”

"Okay, that's it!"

"Lord Yuan, we listen to you!"

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At the instigation of Yuan Fa, a group of Jiangnan scholars stood up one after another and followed Yuan Fa into the palace, only Zhang Kun, Xie Xiong and a few other Xie Zong's cronies silently chose to stay in the main hall because of Xie Zong's eyes.

Looking at the distant backs of the scholars, Xie Zong smashed the table with hatred and scolded: "Abominable Pharaoh Yuan thief, one day I will make him look good!" ”

Zhang Kun sighed and said: "When the Sui Dynasty destroyed Chen, Yuan Xian, the head of the Yuan family, was the most fierce one to resist the Sui army, and later Nanchen was destroyed, and Yang Jian, Emperor Wen of Sui, secretly supported Yuan Fa against Yuan Xian. ”

Xie Xiong said excitedly: "This old dog is a loyal dog of the Yang family, it is really hateful. When our Xie family supported Chen Shen at the beginning, we did our best, even if we surrendered to the Sui army, we would definitely be suppressed, I am afraid that our name as the number one family in Jiangnan will have to be handed over! ”

Zhang Kun waved his hand helplessly, "But now the Sui army is powerful, and you have seen the situation just now, almost all the scholars have chosen to support Yuan Fa, and even Lu Yu, who has always been on our side, has defected, and he has no power to return to heaven!" ”

"It's not that there is no way!"

Xie Zong suddenly said: "Brother Zhang, you and I have been friends for many years, and I am not satisfied with you, in fact, as early as last year, I have secretly accepted the surrender of Tang Emperor Li Yuan, and my current official position is the Tang Dynasty Jiangnan Province deposed by the Tang Dynasty, and the Tang Emperor sent an eagle letter the month before last, promising that as long as we can keep Jiangnan this time, we can let me enter the prime minister in the future, and retain all our original interests." ”

"That's the case!"

Zhang Kun was overjoyed when he heard this, and then his expression darkened, "Emperor Tang is far away in Guanzhong, thousands of miles away from Jiangnan, even if he has this heart, he doesn't have that strength!" ”

Xie Zong sneered, "Who said that the Tang Emperor is powerless, the crown prince Li Jiancheng has led 30,000 elite soldiers out of Shangyong to attack Jingxiang, as long as the prince succeeds, it will be difficult for Yang Gao not to withdraw the army!" ”

Zhang Kun asked again: "What about Laihu'er?" His front part, Zheng Chenggong, had already occupied Yanziji, and it was only a day's journey from Jinling. ”

Hearing Zhang Kun's question, a terrifying murderous intent suddenly appeared on Xie Zong's face, "Isn't that dog thief Yuan Fa going to surrender?" Okay, then let him surrender, and when Laihu'er enters the city, can't we, the hosts, hold a banquet to welcome him? When the time comes, I will poison the wine he drank and poison Laihu'er to death. took the opportunity to pretend to pass on his military orders, and recruited all his cronies into the city to hack them to death! ”