There were too many things that needed to be dealt with in this war, so the emperor Zhao Ce forgot to sleep and eat, and personally sent handwritten letters to various places, while conveying the news, while spreading the emperor's grace, pardoning many Ximen forces, making them surrender to the imperial court and give up the struggle.

At this time, a news came into the palace, giving His Majesty the Emperor a reassurance, and the general Min Yue, leading an army of 200,000, was moving closer to Luoyang.

190,000 when I went, why did it become 200,000 when I came back?

Among them, there are 90,000 people of Zhang Zhikui.

At this time, Zhang Zhikui, Wan Lin, and Huang Ying were appointed by Min Yue as lieutenant generals of the first, second, and third divisions of the New Flying Tiger Army, each of whom left 10,000 personal soldiers, and the remaining 60,000 Flying Tiger Army had been completely disrupted by Min Yue and mixed into the Xuanjia Army and the Shence Army as Zheng

The army of the Meng Gate Lord was completely disintegrated.

Moreover, Meng Zong, the patriarch of the Meng clan, was also imprisoned in the prison car, staggering all the way, and sat in it with a decadent expression.

In fact, Meng Zong had a chance to escape, but he didn't run.

The situation on the battlefield in Jingzhou is briefly described:

Wang Cao did not fail in his mission, and in the third after the mission, Zhang Zhikui finally made up his mind to surrender to the Liang Dynasty.

However, before surrendering, Zhang Zhikui and Wang Cao had three agreements:

"First, I, Zhang Zhikui, do not surrender on behalf of myself, but on behalf of the eldest prince Meng Zong, you don't kill me, and you can't kill Meng Zong; second, the Meng family, who had been arrested by the Empress Dowager, must be released and let them leave the capital Luoyang and be placed in Jingzhou; Third, retain the title of King Meng Zongjing, hereditary replacement, and no humiliation.

Of these three, if you don't agree, I, Zhang Zhikui, would rather die than surrender.

Although I Zhang Zhikui is not talented, but this little loyalty is still there, the Meng family is not thin on me, my ancestors are born to the Meng family for three generations, at this time of crisis, if I frame the old master, will I not become a wolf-hearted dog. ”

Wang Cao said: "Your three conditions, the first and second are good, but the third one, I'm afraid it will be difficult to do." He Meng Zong has long had a heart of disobedience, this time the court raised a righteous army, worked the people and lost money, how many soldiers and how many people were sacrificed, but in the end, he still retained his throne, didn't it make the soldiers and the people feel cold? ”

Zhang Zhikui said: "Compare your heart to your heart, if Tang Zhen falls to the point of Meng Zong now, and your Wang Dian is his most trusted general, will you surrender unconditionally?" ”

Wang Cao shook his head with difficulty and said, "Da Sima is as kind to me and the entire Wang family as a mountain, and he can't rebel." ”

Zhang Zhikui nodded and said: "That's it, I was selected by the eldest son, and the sons surnamed Meng learned art with the famous teacher, and at the age of sixteen, he emerged and was selected by the eldest prince to follow, and at the age of twenty-three, he followed the first emperor to attack Sangla, performed well, and was vigorously promoted by the Meng family. Now I am thirty-three years old, and I already hold the main force of the Meng family.

Far away, during the Northern Expedition, in order to compete with Huo Zizhen, who had died, I ventured to attack Shanhaiguan and made a big mistake, which directly led to the loss of the sixteen states of Yanyun. ”

Wang Cao said: "Meng Zong can't be contacted now, he may have run away to the Southern Jin Dynasty with people, so what will happen to you?" ”

Zhang Zhikui said: "Although Meng Zong has the heart to rebel against the Empress Dowager Cao, he does not have the heart to take refuge in foreign enemies. Everyone in the world is Meng Zong is crazy, insidious and ruthless, yes, when competing for the position of patriarch, he is indeed ruthless enough, but I think you also know that if he Meng Zong is not very good, what will Meng Yin do to him after he takes the throne? The eldest prince has been arrogant from the beginning, and the relationship with Meng Yin has always been very bad, at this time, more than half of the Meng family's army is the eldest prince, even if Meng Xiang uses iron-fisted means to replace a general before he dies, will Meng Yin rest assured of the eldest prince? ”

Wang Cao couldn't be the master, so he ran back to the shuai tent to ask Min Yue's opinion, and Min Yue said: "As long as the Meng family hands over the military power, this matter alone will be a success, and I can call the shots and let the Meng family continue to enjoy the treatment of the king." You go to Meng Zong, before all the gate valves are cleared, the royal family will not lose its trust, let him refer to the situation of the Qian family and the Fan family, and he will know that I am right. ”

"Did Meng Zong find it?" Wang Cao asked.

"I don't know where to hide, Tang Xiao is still anxious, he didn't wait for me to get Zhang Zhikui here, he went to attack Jingzhou City, but Hong Mingshan rashly went out of the city and was stabbed to death by Bai Ke. Then Tang Xiao entered the city and searched all over the city, but no trace of Meng Zong was found. Perhaps Meng Zong was still in Jingzhou City at this time, and their Meng family had been operating in Jingzhou for two hundred years, and it was too easy to set up some hiding places. ”

Then Wang Cao came to Zhang Zhikui's military camp again, and heard that there had been a mutiny in the military camp just now.

Someone heard that Zhang Zhikui was going to surrender and brought soldiers to question, but the result was not speculative and did it on the spot.

In order to suppress the mutiny, Zhang Zhikui tore his face with several Meng sons and generals in the army, and this change also strengthened his determination to surrender.

It's just that he still insisted on the three conditions unchanged, and only asked Wang Cao if he agreed.

Wang Cao agreed, but when they incorporated Zhang Zhikui's 90,000 horses, they suddenly heard bad news, Lin Chongyang led his troops to leave Hanzhong, and immediately Hanzhong was attacked by Liu Xun of Shu Han, and even more terrifying, Liu Xun also united with the Southern Jin Dynasty and asked the Southern Jin Dynasty to send troops from the Yangtze River and Jingzhou at the same time.

Liu Xun: This is the perfect time to eliminate the Liang Dynasty, and it must not be missed.

Shu Han and the Southern Jin Dynasty, in Luoyang, the capital of the Great Liang Dynasty, and major cities, there are undercover agents, when Luoyang City changes, they have a keen sense of smell, and they have already done a good job of echoing inside and out, Tang Xiao and Min Yue led troops to attack Jingzhou, and Ximen Zhensen led troops to attack Luoyang Baguan, these things are known to both countries.

In fact, even if Lin Chongyang did not leave Hanzhong, Liu Xun was ready to attack Hanzhong, because at this time, Lin Chongyang only had 30,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, and he, after the savings of his grandfather and father of two generations of Shu Han emperors, already had an army of 200,000 and enough food.

Before, the reason why he didn't start fighting the Liang Dynasty was because he had just ascended the throne and was worried that his foothold would not be stable, and secondly, because he was still afraid that the Liang Dynasty would suddenly unite when facing foreign enemies.

But now, the internal departments of the Liang Dynasty are fighting chaotically, and they have been fighting inextricably, where is there still unity at all, if he is late, maybe the Liang Dynasty will change his surname.

Liu Xun will never miss such an opportunity, and at the same time, he also knows that the Southern Jin Dynasty will not miss this opportunity, rather than making conflicts in the future when dividing the territory, it is better to divide the territory in advance. After all, the Southern Jin Dynasty was too rich, and if a war of attrition really started, Liu Xun had little confidence.

At this time, the emperor of the Southern Jin Dynasty, Sima Zhen, was old and fell on the bed of Luohan, and he seemed a little hesitant when he heard Liu Xun of Shu Han invite him to cut down Liang together.

He asked Sima Wuci, the eighth prince beside him: "What do you think of defeat?" ”

Sima Wuci had just passed the year of not being confused, and it was the time when he was in high spirits, and said with a smile: "A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity." ”

Hearing this, Sima Zhen smiled and nodded, motioned to the eunuch beside him to help him up, and said, "......"