Bai Sheng trembled, and left the Tang army camp step by step, behind him, more than a dozen subordinates each holding a box and following him.

In Orange Island, Bai Sheng saw that the situation was not good, and immediately issued an order to surrender, so that the Tang Army Navy Division obtained the Navy Wharf on Orange Island without much effort, and then there was the guidance of the commander of the Hunan Navy Division, and several other Navy bases also surrendered without a fight.

Although he looked down on Bai Sheng's cowardice, Zheng Wenchang still had to admit Bai Sheng's credit, after all, Bai Sheng's surrender and active cooperation in the later period made the Tang army's military operations in Changsha have much less resistance.

Now, Bai Sheng is burdened with a heavy life and is going to Changsha City to persuade him to surrender.

These days, don't look at Zheng Wenchang's bombardment of Changsha City every day, in fact, all the shells basically fell on the city wall, except for blowing the city wall to a thousand holes, there was not much damage to the city.

Changsha is a big city, the capital of Hunan, and also the place where Changsha's economy and culture converge.

The meaning of the imperial court was originally clear, the reason why the war was not started was that it did not want to make the local situation a mess, it was easy to destroy, it was difficult to build, it was easy to fight, and it was easy to clean up the mess, and the money it would cost would not be less than starting a big war, and it would take more effort.

Originally, Li Ze's intention was to slowly drag the south to death and force them to surrender without a fight in the end, but this time the accident made a large-scale war suddenly come, and they had to fight if they didn't fight.

But where you can't fight, you naturally try not to fight.

Shi Zhuang is still very clear about this.

Therefore, after Ding Hao's troops were completely annihilated in Jigongling, Shi Zhuang ordered people to collect the heads of some senior generals of the Southern Army who had died as a deterrent, and then ordered Bai Sheng to persuade him to surrender.

Bai Sheng was very afraid, if he entered the city, if he was slashed by the diehards in the city, it would be too wronged.

It's okay if you're not an official.

It doesn't matter if the land is to be confiscated by the Tang people.

Because these days, he has inquired clearly from some people in the Tang army, and for people like him, the land will definitely be returned, but other floating wealth and business will not touch him at all. For him, as long as his family's fleet is still there, then he can still have a good life in the future.

But the order of the great general is unchangeable.

Violating the general's orders, I am afraid that the end will be miserable. When the time comes, don't say that the property can't be saved, I'm afraid that this life will also hang.

That's it, it's worth it to die by yourself and live the whole family.

So after receiving the order, he explained the funeral to his wife and eldest son with a handful of snot and tears, and then set foot on the road to the city.

More than a dozen small wooden compartments were placed on the table in the middle, and now the group of people on the top floor of Changsha City all appeared in place.

Once upon a time, Pak Sheng was one of them, but now, he was alone on one end and the others on the other.

Bai Sheng could feel their hatred, but he was reassured that no one had done anything to him, not even to speak ill of him.

After all, he now represents the Tang Army, and the Tang Army is now outside the city.

If the other party is willing, it is possible to take Changsha City at any time.

There is no one who can stand in this lobby. Weighing the pros and cons is the instinct of these people.

When the crisis comes, whether to disappear or temporarily stop in order to make a comeback, these people have their own calculations in their hearts.

Even in the Ding clan in Changsha City, there are several people in this hall at this moment, even if they see the head of their relative Ding Hao, they don't have much sadness.

The tree is about to fall, and they don't have time to grieve for the dead Monkey, because there are many more that need a way to live. Ding's descendants, Ding Hao is dead, Ding Sheng is still far away in Yiyang, even if Ding Sheng comes back, whether he can win the Tang Army is still two words.

And they don't have time to wait for this result.

"When the Tang army enters the city, it will not be slaughtered with a purpose?"

"General Shi Zhuangqiang guarantees the safety of your lives, as long as Changsha surrenders, then, no one will be killed."

"Our property will not be confiscated?"

"General Shi said that according to the national policy of the Tang Dynasty, each household cannot own more than 1,000 acres of land. However, everyone can divide the family, so that some land can be kept more or less. As for other floating wealth, shops, etc., they are all inviolable property protected by Tang Law. The premise is that you are the people under the protection of Tang Law. ”

"Official position?"

Hearing this question, Bai Sheng smiled bitterly: "Everyone, isn't it too whimsical to think about this now." ”

"Our generation, naturally, is not counting on it, I mean our children and grandchildren!" An old man with white hair looked at Bai Sheng and said, "Our family, will it be on their blacklist, and it will not be possible to enter the government in the future?" ”

"At this point, General Shi also took into account, people of this generation naturally have to resign and return home, and it is impossible for all men in the family who have reached adulthood to enter the current bureaucratic system of the Tang Dynasty, but minors are not included in this restriction." Bai Sheng said: "However, the officials of Datang are all graduates of the major academies of Datang, and these underage children of our family, if they want to step into officialdom in the future, the first step is to enter these academies to study." And these academies require exams, and the elimination rate is extremely high. ”

With that, there was silence in the lobby.

In other words, if these families want to have the possibility of re-rising, at least until their grandchildren.

"What other conditions does Shi Zhuang have? It can't just be for us to open the gates, right? Another old man on crutches spoke.

"Yes!" Bai Sheng nodded: "General Shi said that this war was completely provoked by us, so the military expenses of the Tang army need to be collected by our families." And he must not apportionment to the people, otherwise, he will be held accountable. ”

"Sure enough." The old man nodded: "I hope he doesn't open his mouth, how much does he want?" ”

"Two million taels of silver." Pak Shing Road.

The old man stood up, paused on his crutches, and said, "It's not too much, and if you get together, you won't hurt your vitality." That's it, Ding Laosi, your Ding family will pay one million taels, and the rest will be shared equally among the rest of our families, how about it? ”

The fourth elder of the Ding family, who had been sitting there without making a sound, sighed: "Old Lu, where can I get so much money?" ”

"I know you don't." Lu Lao said: "Dante's family has a big house, how to do it, you know it in your heart." The big house of the Ding family is finished, and there are no adult men in the second and third rooms, and you will definitely become the main branch of the Ding family in the fourth room. ”

After saying all this, Lu Lao walked to the table and hugged two of the boxes, one of which belonged to Lu Yuan, and the other was also a descendant of his Lu family.

At this moment, Lu Lao's tears finally flowed out. Holding the two boxes under his ribs, he landed on crutches and walked out of the lobby with a clang.

Changsha City opened its doors on the second day of Bai Sheng's entry into the city.

The top magnates of Changsha City, led by the Qian family and the Lu family, chose to surrender.

Shi Zhuang received these surrenderers, reaffirmed his assurances to them, and then set out with his own soldiers all the way to chase Chen Changping, who was on his way to Wangcheng.

After Ding Sheng got the news of the annihilation of Ding Hao's entire army, the 30,000-strong army stopped at Wangcheng and never took a step forward to Changsha. It's time to wipe out this army.

Bai Sheng was temporarily appointed by Shi Zhuang as the resettlement envoy of Changsha, and Zheng Wenchang was the deputy resettlement envoy. This made Bai Sheng overjoyed. Although he also knew very well that he got this official position only because Shi Zhuang wanted to use his connections in Changsha City and his family power to stabilize the situation in Changsha, calm Changsha City as quickly as possible, and completely and truly control it in the hands of Tang Jun, but he was still very happy. As long as this one thing is done well, the possibility of Shi Zhuang crossing the river and demolishing the bridge will not be great.

Of course, he would not fantasize that he would be able to mix with a powerful chief official or something in the future, but even if it is an honorary position, it is also a great thing for his family and his descendants, at least, his family will not be subject to the restriction order from entering the Tang bureaucratic system.

So, he worked extremely hard.

After the surrender of Changsha, the Hunan officials of Xiangtan City chose to surrender to the Tang army, which was close at hand.

The more than 2,000 Tang troops who survived on Tiaoziling entered the city of Xiangtan, which was their final destination when they set off from Yichun, and now, they finally came in, but the price they paid was something they could not have imagined at the beginning, and the consequences were unimaginable.

Because of this action, the short-term balance between the North and the South was broken, and the war between the North and the Southern Alliance kicked off in advance.

After entering Xiangtan City, although he had not received any orders, Ren Xiaonian still handed over all the command to Qin Kuan. He himself was ready to wait until Yichun's Qian Shouyi Department fled, and immediately went to the general Li Mi's place to plead guilty.

Under the current situation, Qian Shouyi has no other way to go except to flee, as for whether to flee directly to Lingnan, or return all the way to Hongzhou to start a decisive battle with Li Yu's troops who are attacking Hongzhou, it depends on Qian Shouyi's own judgment.

"Qin Kuan, if you leave this time, I'm afraid I won't be able to come back." Ren Xiaonian was a little sad, after experiencing the initial hesitation, Ren Xiaonian was ready to accept all the consequences calmly. Even if he would be put to death for it!

Now, he felt that only the most severe punishment could make him worthy of the thousands of soldiers who had died in battle because of his poor decision-making.

Qin Kuan sighed: "In the past, we received it together, and now we have it, so we naturally have to carry it together, don't worry, I will give General Li Mi a book." ”

Ren Xiaonian shook his head: "No need, this is my selfishness, don't implicate you, Qin Kuan, in a few days, accompany me to Guzhai Town to have a look!" ”