"First, this Youzhou City will definitely not be able to stop the attack of my Tang Dynasty Division!

My Tang Dynasty division is invincible, since the Huangzhushan uprising, hundreds of battles, not a defeat, before Changsha Hengyang, after Yangzhou Anqing, not long ago there was the Anping War, my Tang Dynasty division is invincible, at this time outside the city of the king army, is the core of my Tang Dynasty division of the third army, its command of the fifth infantry division is the first ace of my Tang Dynasty division.

The Third Army has hundreds of large and small artillery pieces and more than 50,000 troops!

The whole army, from the generals to the ordinary soldiers, are all veterans who have fought for many years, and the comprehensive combat quality is the top in our Tang Dynasty Division, and even in the world!

The commander of the Third Army is General Hao Bonian, a famous general of my Tang Dynasty, and you should know that you don't need to say much about his prestige!

With such a royal master, can this Youzhou City stop the footsteps of my Datang?

Joke! ”

When he said this, Zhang Pingyang was full of confidence, and the last three words of joking, when he said it, he was even more sneering!

After saying that, he paused for a moment and continued: "Second, there was an accident in the chaos, which I Zhang couldn't give any promise, but this Youzhou City is now your Youzhou City, not the one in the Forbidden City, if you can't even control Youzhou City, and even chaos causes you to lose your life, then what's the use of me Datang and so on?" Even if we attack the city ourselves, it will only take a few more days and waste some more shells! ”

"Third, as for the untrustworthy words, you can rest assured that there are millions of Ming army officers and soldiers who have surrendered to my Datang, and there are not 10,000 but 8,000 Ming army officials who have surrendered to my Datang, but there has never been a precedent for treating the soldiers and officials of Cheng Cheng badly!

Now I am the lieutenant general of the Tang Army, the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, Zeng Ziwen, but he is a general of the Ming Army, and General Cao Mingda, the cavalry general of my Tang Army, is also a general.

There is also Zhou Shuzhou, the Shangshu of the Nanjing Rite Department of the former Ming Dynasty, who led a hundred officials to surrender when the city of Jinling City was broken, and was appointed as the director of the Etiquette Department of the Tang Dynasty.

Nowadays, there are a large number of officials in my Tang Dynasty, and there are countless scholars in the former Ming Dynasty.

In terms of dealing with the former Ming officials who sincerely surrendered to my Datang, I Datang can say with certainty that I have never been treated badly! ”

Zhang Pingyang said this, and Wan Chensong on the side was also thinking, he was not thinking about the truth of Zhang Pingyang's words, because he knew very well that what he said was the truth.

In order to weaken the resistance of the soldiers and officials of the Ming Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty has always taken preferential measures against the officials and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty who sincerely surrendered to their sincerity, and they have never done anything backsliding.

And this point is actually an important reason why more and more Ming soldiers and officials choose to surrender, and it is also the reason why Wan Chensong was moved and had a deep talk with Zhang Pingyang.

If the Tang Dynasty had a precedent of killing prisoners of war and reversing the Ming Dynasty's demotion, then today, he would not have negotiated with Zhang Pingyang this time.

Wan Chensong thought for a while and said: "If, Wan Mou is saying that if Wan Mou really persuaded other colleagues to surrender to the city, then what kind of positions can Wan Mou and those colleagues get?" ”

This is a negotiation, not a playhouse, and before choosing to surrender, he naturally needs to know what price the Tang Dynasty has offered.

At this time, Zhang Pingyang said: "Before coming, the Ancient Sage Monarch issued an edict to Zhang, saying that if the army attacked Youzhou City, it might cause hundreds of soldiers to be killed and injured. ”

Speaking of this, he paused, and then said: "In other words, if you choose to surrender, then you can save the lives of hundreds of our Datang soldiers!" ”

Hearing this, Wan Chensong was a little annoyed, and he persuaded hundreds of officials to surrender, which was only worth the lives of hundreds of ordinary soldiers?

At this time, Zhang Pingyang pretended not to see Wan Chensong's annoyance, and continued: "In this case, I dare not say it, but if Senior Wan leads a hundred officials to surrender, then the treatment should not be lower than that of Congsanpin, and the specific position also needs to be judged by the Ancient Sage!" And other officials who surrender to Cheng are also rewarded for their merits one by one!

My Tang Dynasty has always had clear rewards and punishments, as long as you have made a contribution, then the benefits are absolutely indispensable! ”

Hearing this, Wan Chensong was not very satisfied.

This is not his goal, he is the second assistant of the Ming Dynasty, not to mention leading hundreds of officials to surrender, but he has to take a lot of risks, not every official in the city is a surrender faction, and many people want to resist to the end.

He originally thought that if he did it, even if he couldn't enter the imperial study of the Tang Dynasty, or become a scholar, but a squire would be the least.

But I didn't expect that it was just a third grade, and listening to this meaning, it is estimated that it is possible to take a false position and send yourself away.

He pondered for a long time, but he didn't answer!

He's thinking about gains and losses, he's thinking about whether there's a better chance!

Zhang Pingyang was not in a hurry, and waited for him while drinking tea!

But Wan Chensong thought about it for a little too long, and he didn't answer for two quarters of an hour, and immediately Zhang Pingyang said: "Senior Wan, it's less than two hours before dawn!" ”

The meaning of these words is very clear, early tomorrow morning, the army outside the city will launch a fierce attack, and if Wan Chensong is not able to lead the hundred officials to surrender, then everything will be completely finished.

And even if Wan Chensong wants to surrender, he has to bring hundreds of officials, only if he is himself, the Tang Dynasty will not take him to play, and it will take time to contact and persuade other officials to control the army in the city.

Two hours, it's already very tense!

At this time, Wan Chensong took a deep breath, and then said: "Okay, Wan has agreed, Wan will lead hundreds of officials to surrender to Cheng and serve the Ancient Sage!" ”

"Good! Senior Wan is really a bold person, so Zhang is waiting for good news! Zhang Pingyang seemed to have expected Wan Chensong's answer, although he said yes, but he did not show any surprise.

He Zhang Pingyang chose Wan Chensong, and did not choose other ministers or scholars and squires as a breakthrough, it is not without reason, on the one hand, Wan Chensong is a second assistant, his prestige is high enough, his political influence is big enough, and he also belongs to the real power faction in this Shaowu New Dynasty.

In addition, Wan Chensong also directly or indirectly controlled half of the more than 20,000 Ming troops in the city.

Of course, more importantly, in fact, the people of the Military Intelligence Department have always been in contact with Wan Chensong, and this contact has not been a day or two, but has lasted for more than half a year.

Although it is said that in these very few contacts in the early stage, Wan Chensong has never clearly stated that he wants to surrender to Cheng or anything like that, but this kind of thing actually does not need to be said, since he chose to maintain continuous contact with the people of the Military Intelligence Department, it shows that he has this thought.

So after choosing, Zhang Pingyang regarded him as the main breakthrough, as long as he could convince Wan Chensong, then Youzhou City would most likely be able to go down without a fight.

To be able to make the enemy's capital surrender without a fight is a great achievement!

Even if it is because of the general trend, Wan Chensong's choice of Toucheng will definitely not be because of Zhang Pingyang's words, but because of the general trend, Wan Chensong made a decision for himself, but as the person in charge at this time, Zhang Pingyang's credit is also indispensable.

With this incident, Zhang Pingyang was sure to leave a deep impression in the hearts of the Ancient Sage: he took the risk of breaking into the enemy's capital single-handedly, and then persuaded the hundred officials of the enemy country to surrender to the city!

Once he can leave this impression in His Majesty's heart, it will only be a trace, but it will be of great help to him in his subsequent career.

Since Wan Chensong decided to surrender to Cheng, he was not slow to act at all, he directly took out more than ten letters that had been prepared a long time ago, and then called his henchmen to deliver them in person!

Immediately after that, he left the mansion under the protection of a group of guards, and instead of going anywhere else, he prepared to go in the direction of the city gates.

There are many gates in Youzhou City, and one of his protégé generals Wan Chensong controls one of them.

Since it was decided to start an incident, then he naturally had to go to a safe place as soon as possible, and then he could save his life in the chaos, and then lead hundreds of officials to surrender to the city!

At the same time, more importantly, when he went to the city gate, he was able to personally control part of the Ming army loyal to him, and then control the other Ming troops through these Ming troops.

After he completely controls the more than 20,000 Ming troops in the city, then whether Youzhou City will surrender or resist to the end is not a matter of his words!

Wan Chensong took action in person, but Zhang Pingyang once again blended into the night, convincing Wan Chensong was just one of his many goals tonight.

He still needs to wreak havoc in the city!

Regardless of whether Wan Chensong surrenders sincerely or not, whether he succeeds or not, as long as he Zhang Pingyang messes up the situation in the city, then it will be of great help to the army attacking the city at dawn tomorrow.

Under Zhang Pingyang's running, Youzhou City was in chaos all night!

And at about five o'clock on the eve of dawn, Wan Chensong had completely controlled the more than 10,000 troops in the city, and then directly opened the city gate to welcome the Tang Army outside the city into the city!

Half an hour later, an assault battalion under the command of the Third Army and two infantry regiments of the Fifth Infantry Division directly controlled the city walls, city gates and other important places, but they did not risk continuing to go deeper.

Instead, let Wan Chensong lead the Ming army to attack the inner city, that is, the Forbidden City!

At six o'clock in the morning, the Ming Dynasty officials gathered in Wan Chensong had reached more than 100 people, more than 10,000 soldiers, they killed in front of the palace gate of the Forbidden City, and part of the Ming army stationed at the palace gate defected on the spot to join the ranks of Wan Chensong's department!

At 6:30, Emperor Shao Wu sat alone on the dragon chair in the Taihe Palace!

Looking at the Ming army rushing in front of him, as well as Wan Chensong in the Ming army, Emperor Shao Wu let out the most poignant scolding in his life: "The first emperor is right, you should die!" ”

"I even mistakenly believe that you are my humerus, I should have killed you all in the first place, I regret it, I hate it!"

"Even if I die, I will turn into a terrible ghost and curse your children and grandchildren for the rest of my life!"

Saying that, Emperor Shao Wu directly lit the fire fold, but at this time, the soldiers under the command of Wan Chensong, who rushed up, smelled the smell of fire oil, which made them involuntarily take two steps back!

Emperor Shao Wu actually poured fire oil on himself!

As the fire fold ignited the fire oil on his body, Emperor Shao Wu suddenly turned into a burning man, and let out an extremely terrible scream, and everyone who listened to it trembled in their hearts!

Tang Xuanping 6th year, June 19, around half past six in the morning.

Emperor Shaowu of the Ming Dynasty Zhu Zaichun self-immolated in the Taihe Hall of the Forbidden City in Youzhou and collapsed!